15. realize (2)
“… You fight cowardly. Still, what is lost is lost. kill.”
Kylie, who collapsed, said angrily.
The man with a sword aimed at her throat looked down at her with a smirk.
Kylie closed her eyes and waited for death.
Death never came.
The sword was withdrawn, and the man crouched down to meet Kylie at eye level.
“… The strong have a duty to kill the weak.”
At the man’s words, Kylie slowly opened her eyes.
“Is that your principle? That’s why you’re obsessed with power like a pervert.”
“then?”
“Hmm. I have a question, but what happens when the weak become stronger than the strong?”
“There is no need to be embarrassed. A relationship of power is not always absolute.”
“Surprisingly, there is flexibility in this place.”
At that tone of voice that seemed to know her well, Kylie glared at him.
“This is the first time I’ve ever asked a strange question. What are you doing?”
“Ian. A warrior manager.”
“Warrior… ? Manager?”
Two years ago, Ian reached out to Kylie who was defeated by him.
“If you become a hero, I can give you the power you want or whatever you want. What do you want to do?”
you’re a warrior
It was something I had never thought of.
However, I couldn’t help but be tempted by the word that gave me strength.
In order not to be ruled by the golden rule of power, she had lived her whole life in pursuit of power.
“… You are fundamentally weaker than me. If we fight again, I will win. What is he going to teach you?”
“Aha. Is such a proud person so lost right now?”
“… … .”
“Yeah, don’t hate it.”
Ian tried to let go of his hand, but Kylie reached out and grabbed him.
“… Can you be sure?”
“Hmm. Would you believe me if I hung myself?”
“You should keep what you just said. If not, I will take your neck.”
“Oh, that’s scary.”
That was Ian and Kylie’s first meeting.
*
take away, take away
hurt, get hurt
kill, die
The human Kylie saw was a being that could only repeat such violence.
She did not feel sad or despair in such a reality.
I just recognized the logic of power.
The strong survive.
The weak die.
He understood, accepted, and finally embodied the providence of nature as his own.
The strong have the duty and right to kill the weak in order to become stronger.
The weak have a responsibility to become victims of the strong.
weak meat diet.
survival of the fittest.
winner-takes-all.
That was Kylie’s own golden rule of power.
So she took it before she was taken away, and killed it before she died.
But she had never assumed that she was the underdog in her Golden Rule.
She was always strong, and since she pursued the position of the strong, there was no reason to think about the position of the weak.
Everyone she met was weaker than her, so she killed without hesitation and absorbed that power.
Then, for the first time, he was defeated by Ian.
She tried to die according to the golden rule of power, but Ian beat her.
That was the problem.
became the first weakling.
Ian saved her, disregarding the days of slaughter he had committed.
The problem was not only that.
Ian was inherently weaker than Kylie.
The reason he was able to beat Kylie was, to borrow Kylie’s words, a ‘handling technique’.
A battle in which skill is the main focus, dotted with many tricks and tricks.
That was the way Ian, whose output itself was infinitely low, chose to survive.
Kylie didn’t approve of that kind of strength.
It was more like an outburst than strength.
I can’t admit it, but Jin himself was so pathetic and resentful about that.
Aside from what she couldn’t admit, she wanted to die because she was lost, but Ian saved her.
The problem never ends.
Ian encouraged and nurtured Kylie.
That was something Kylie couldn’t have.
It is acknowledged that the relationship between the strong and the weak can change at any time.
However, that strong man takes responsibility for taking care of the weak and making them stronger than himself.
I couldn’t even imagine.
It was the same with Ian.
The Kylie he knew was just a madman drunk on power.
It was only later that I found out that I had been following it like a rule by naming it the golden rule for that fanatical belief.
It’s been only 3 months since I met Ian like that.
“I lost.”
Kylie has surpassed Ian.
“There are no monsters… . Are you really, are you human?”
“… … .”
She pointed the sword at Ian’s throat, who had fallen out.
If you stab him like this, he will die.
Now Kylie is the strong one, and Ian is the weak one.
So that’s okay.
No, it should be.
Because that’s the golden rule of power.
Kylie has never made an exception.
However… .
“… … .”
Ian looked up at Kylie, who was about to kill himself, expressionlessly.
It’s the same face I’ve seen for the first time, and he’s always been like that.
No matter what you do, if it’s against your will, don’t force it.
A few times, it was like that except when I was studying economics and ethics or something.
“… Why did you save me?”
“Hey, don’t you think everyone kills and watches like you do?”
“That’s probably not it. However, I was too dangerous to be saved in your position.”
“Well. It’s up to you.”
“I… .”
Kylie was about to say something but kept her mouth shut.
She herself didn’t know what to say.
The feelings you feel for Ian.
hate and murder.
admiration and sympathy.
Complex emotions create chaos.
“you… You will regret not killing me.”
“If you do well, that won’t happen.”
Kylie retracted the sword with difficulty.
Looking at her like that, Ian smiled and said lonely.
“… Don’t die, man.”
As if he had seen Kylie’s death.
“Who dies… .”
Kylie couldn’t see his face anymore.
*
Ian is weak.
To be precise, he felt that way because Kylie was stronger than him, and getting stronger day by day.
Even as Kylie accomplished her quest for power, she hated being separated from Ian.
To Kylie, Ian was both strong and weak at the same time.
He was his teacher and his prey.
Even weak, Ian still taught Kylie.
Kylie, the strong, had something to learn from Ian, the weak.
He was a contradiction of the golden rule.
By his very existence, Ian completely denied Kylie’s life.
To erase that contradiction, Kylie had to revise her Golden Rule.
‘The strong can select and save the weak according to their abilities, and they have the duty to take responsibility for the weak.’
Kylie got drunk on purpose because of this revised rule.
If he becomes a weakling who has difficulty controlling his body, Ian can take care of himself from the position of a strong man again.
“It is the role of the strong to take responsibility for the weak… . Only when I’m like this can you fulfill your role and duty… . I will give you a chance.”
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Just covering it up and ignoring it didn’t mean the contradiction would go away.
She herself knew that it was forced.
There was only one solution.
The strong one himself kills the weak Ian.
Every time I made a promise, I failed.
because he hesitated
couldn’t kill him
Is it Jung, or is it a kind of sense of responsibility that comes from becoming a strong person again?
Unable to accept that feeling, she distanced herself from Ian.
Looking at him made me feel like my life was denied.
so i got kicked out
So, I was going to kill him even now.
‘ah… .’
I only realize it the moment I decide to kill Ian and execute it.
‘I want you… .’
It wasn’t that Ian was precious or that kind of itchy feeling.
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Just.
‘Thank you… .’
Thank you.
For saving me, nurturing me, and guiding me.
to be able to stand in this place
Thank you.
That grateful feeling, I was so afraid.
The strong don’t appreciate the weak.
do not do that.
It is a natural virtue of the strong to receive favor or tribute from the weak.
So, gratitude should always flow from bottom to top.
Even feeling that to Ian, the weakling, was a contradiction of the golden rule.
‘Trying to ignore it, still… .’
Ian knows anything.
do anything
listen to anything
The light of that limitless kindness casts a deep shadow of herself.
‘You make me like this… .’
Ian made it.
Kylie agreed.
She didn’t want to face her weak side.
I’m afraid I’ll become an underdog.
Like the people he saw, he was afraid that he would be taken away, swept away by his mind, weakened, and destroyed.
I was afraid.
I feel like the fact that I have and feel those feelings proves that I am weak.
Emotions have always been a weapon of the weak, so it seemed that if I thanked him, I would become weak.
That was the memory of one day when Ian was carrying me drunk as usual.
‘Ian.’
‘why.’
‘… Thank you.’
‘Tell me something like that sober.’
‘Noisy. It means thank you for carrying me, so there’s nothing else to be thankful for.’
‘Ah, yes.’
Because he was a drunk weakling, it was the only moment he could thank the strongman Ian.
I knew all the facts.
That I couldn’t be honest with my feelings without borrowing alcohol.
I was just scared and ran away.
Because I don’t want to be weak.
Regardless of the logic of power and plunder, the existence of Ian, who was good to him, was so difficult and unfamiliar.
Because I believed that being strong was not obsessed with such things.
The truth that has been ignored by pretending to be strong bursts out from within the heart and tears it apart like a flower in full bloom.
‘What have I done… .’
The sword has already been released.
A skill learned from Ian, a skill that can only be used by Kylie, who is the epitome of a catch technique and has excellent output.
‘no… !’
Kylie twisted her shoulder, deflecting the sword’s trajectory.
***
Why is Kylie here?
Why are you looking at me with that face?
Why is it raising mana?
In the midst of unknown, is it a kaleidoscope that reminds me of my first meeting with Kylie?
I just spat out curse words inwardly.
‘Crazy bitch… .’
You can see the technique you are trying to write.
The reason I can follow Kylie’s body with my own eyes is because I taught her and I know all of Kylie’s habits.
‘That serial attack… .’
I created it, but only Kylie can use it.
The two swords are fired almost simultaneously with a very short staggered beat.
The first sweeps wide forward in a fan shape.
Noisy, confusing.
The second sword skill is forged as thin as paper and released quietly.
It is shaped like a blue crescent moon and is even beautiful in harmony with Kylie’s graceful movements.
noise and silence.
scope and point.
A technique close to head-on assassination that shakes the other person’s cognition by using two conflicting elements.
While you are confused by the first sword skill, you are already hit by the second sword skill.
Since all mana has to be raised and used twice at the same time, the mana output itself is an explosive skill that only Kylie can use.
And that, now Kylie is using it on me.
I can’t stop this in my power.
can’t help it… .
‘Kati.’
The Ring of Subordination, the second function.
‘Help me.’
anytime, anywhere.
when the owner wishes.
[Yes.]
Subordinates can move to the master’s side.
-bang!
Kati, who appeared without a blink of an eye, pulled out her sword to offset the first sword attack.
The two swords colliding in the air resonated and exploded in all directions.
The ground, which had risen as if to swallow me, now began to explode in all directions.
A second sword strike flew after a short distance that ordinary people could not recognize.
Unlike the loud and noisy blows earlier, the thinly forged crescent moon-shaped sword was silent and silent.
At least it’s a skill I’ve taught you, a skill that can be done even if you’re aware of it.
Kati swung her double-handed sword and received it from the front.
– Crack!
With the sound of breaking glass, the sword shattered and scattered.
People were stunned and unable to react to the sudden situation.
-Kudeuk!
A domed wall of ice rose up to trap me and Kylie.
An ice wall with a unique indigo color made up of layers of hard ice… .
The blast wave crashed into the ice wall.
The impacted ice shattered violently and scattered to the floor.
No one was affected by the waves because of the ice wall.
All of this happened in a short period of time, less than a second.
“Kati… .”
It’s very rare, but whenever I’m in a situation I can’t handle, I’ve been using Kati as an emergency.
This guy is good enough to stand up to one of the first parties.
Still, I didn’t expect to receive it from the front.
“Are you okay?”
I hurriedly took out the remaining elixir and asked.
“I am okay.”
Carty replied calmly.
There was not a single scratch on the body.
I was so fine that I was embarrassing for asking urgently.
… Was Kati this strong?
“Is your master all right?”
Katie asked, glaring at Kylie.
“… uh, uh thanks to you Thank you.”
I have a defensive artifact for my survival, but I wasn’t sure if I would be able to block it against Kylie.
The reaction was too late to activate it.
By the way, Kylie, that guy, tried to twist the sword path at the end so I wouldn’t get hit by the second sword strike.
Kati was afraid that her sword skills would be hit by someone else, so she defended herself.
“Command.”
“First… . Please stay in front of me.”
“Yes.”
Kylie looked at me with trembling eyes.
No, is it right to see me?
but.
What she has done now cannot be taken lightly.
It’s not just that they tried to kill me.
It’s not close, but with Kylie’s power, there are also Prince and Seonghwang not far away.
Although the two sword skills were completely offset thanks to Kati, there were no victims at all.
The waves that resonated and disappeared caused the ground to twist and rise, several buildings collapsed, and people nearby fainted or collapsed vomiting blood from the shockwave alone.
Even though the ice wall blocked it, it was that much.
fortunately that
The point is that the prince and the seonghwang were not hurt.
It seems that the Wolf Gang, the leader of Lazuli, and several members of the military police have stopped it.
But their condition wasn’t all right either.
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Just by touching the remaining power, the body staggered.
Ordinary gendarmerie members and Lazuli members even collapsed.
The protected Prince and Seonghwang are looking at me with surprised eyes.
All onlookers must feel the same way.
Kylie, one of the first warriors’ party, has done something crazy in the middle of the city.
I am also shocked and out of my mind.
From indirect support to the Anti-Imperial Alliance to acts close to terrorism in front of people… .
varied… . Wait, what is this energy?
“master. Be careful.”
Yeah, I knew he was here from the ice wall… .
***
There was no time to rejoice at the discovery of Ian.
Kylie’s sword spirit radiated towards Ian with an obvious murderous intent.
It was a technique that Sylvia had also seen before.
He uses the secret technique that Ian passed on to him to kill him.
“Kylie… ?”
It was an incredible scenery.
Why are you doing this?
What did Ian do wrong?
Even though he knew it was an extravagant idea for himself, he felt that this was a harsh treatment.
She had no time to think further.
‘First of all, Ian… .’
The moment when he sets up a multi-layered ice wall in front of Ian and rushes to protect him.
-bang!
A new type with silver hair appeared and destroyed the sword.
The target perfectly blocked the second sword technique, and the two resonant waves were about to explode.
Sylvia quickly deployed the ‘Ice Wall’ prepared to protect Ian in a dome shape and protected the surroundings.
“Whoa… .”
After confirming that Ian was fine, he recognized the person who protected him.
‘Kati… .’
The beating heart, fearing that Ian would die, slowly finds stability.
I also felt lonely.
Maybe he could have been the one protecting him.
Next, a cold murderous intent towards Kylie filled his heart.
“I-Ian… . Wait a minute. This is a misunderstanding, so, I have something to tell you… .”
Sylvia didn’t hesitate to cast her spell on Kylie, who was about to say something to Ian.
‘There are a lot of people… . It won’t be a big magic.’
Immediately after, an ice spear fell vertically from above Kylie’s head.
“… !”
Kylie reflexively swung her sword upward.
-Kagagagak!
“Hey… !”
Kylie, who managed to block the surprise attack, vomited blood and deflected the ice spear.
The ice spear, which slipped from Kylie’s sword and stuck to the ground, pierced the ground and continued to descend.
– Knocking… .
While the sound of digging into the ground echoed around like an earthquake, Sylvia appeared.
“C’mon, it’s Sylvia… !”
Everyone’s eyes turned to her.
She pushed aside the collapsing wall of ice and made her way.
Even Ian found her.
Sylvia glared at Kylie, holding back the desire to face him.
“Kylie… . Are you crazy?”
“Why are you here… .”
“It doesn’t matter.”
-It’s cheesy… .
The ground where Sylvia stood froze, and the ice slowly spread around.
She brushed her bangs and said as if declaring.
“That you dared to attack Ian. It doesn’t matter.”
“… … .”
Kylie raised her sword even as her mouth was bleeding.
The air got heavy.
It is difficult to breathe as if drowned.
Even Kylie felt that it was annoying, so it was natural for ordinary people and low-level superhumans to suffer.
Sylvia’s specialty is water and ice magic.
She was in the process of raising the moisture in the atmosphere by creating moisture with mana.
If necessary, to seal Kylie with all that moisture.
‘But at this distance, Ian might get caught up… . I wonder if Kati can protect it.’
The civilians around them began to pass out just by emitting their murderous intent.
-Aww, blatantly… .
Layers of ice she stepped on piled up and cracked inside.
A bluish ghost energy flowed from Kylie’s body, who had raised her mana before she knew it.
At this rate, the city of Fiorene might disappear.
“stop.”
Someone stepped in between them.
“Both of you back off.”
The former manager of the 1st Hero Party.
“Are you going to kill everyone here?”
Ian started scolding them both.
“Get away now.”