726 – 8. Will (100)
The night in the snowy field is cold.
Moonlight fell on the dark land. The blue-tinged white snow became a soft light and protected the night.
A pure white field that should have been immersed in silence.
Starlight and fireworks were dancing there. A series of battles, entangled, encountered, and released, like snakes mating, form a splendid banquet.
The ground that had fallen from the shock and was bare with snow that had melted in the heat was particularly miserable. It was evidence that the battle had already been going on for some time.
However, the results were consistent.
The blades that were crossing each other suddenly changed direction. The man’s sword suddenly returned, splitting the moment and leaving a trail of starlight.
Oh’s ‘extreme thunder’.
It was a technique that boasted the highest speed among the visions of the sword circle. When combined with the technique of mid-movement, it was a blow that could never be blocked.
This was the same for Celine.
In the end, he tried to defend himself by lowering the tip of his sword downward, but Ian’s image had the power to destroy all obstacles in his path. In other words, there are only two options given to Celine.
Either escape or die.
And Celine’s learning was not deep enough to avoid the ‘extreme lightning’ that reached her maturity.
Paak, and do it.
I don’t know how many times blood has already burst out. A crazy gust of wind follows the path of the blade that tore through space and the atmosphere, and the girl’s body is swept away, unable to even resist the artificial typhoon.
It was like a single flower petal.
Even the blood that wets the naked body.
Celine’s arms trembled as she tried to raise her body from her prone position. In the end, the girl’s face turned pale as her strength gave way and she coughed up blood.
It was a scene repeated countless times.
“Celine.”
Her man’s words froze in pure white and dispersed.
Yes, this was a snowy field. Before you know it, snow is falling from the sky.
Like a blanket covering a girl with black hair.
“Let’s stop now.”
I didn’t know that the girl’s stubbornness would be broken even by a low suggestion.
Grinding her teeth, squeezing her muscles.
With the help of her body, which had just begun to recover, the girl’s body managed to stand on the ground. The blood stains left all over the staggered body testified to the history of defeat.
The sound of panting breath, blurred vision.
No matter how close the Seven Sins were to immortality, they were not invincible. If she suffered fatal injuries that could mean life or death in each attack, it was inevitable that her blows would accumulate.
Even the opponent is a ‘master’.
It was one of the strongest beings of mankind. Assuming that it has not fully awakened, it has an asymmetrical power that even the Seven Sins can’t match.
Honestly, I didn’t understand. How can one achieve awakening as a ‘master’ in such a short period of time?
It didn’t make sense rationally.
But why?
The emotions that remained, like tiny pieces of ashes, were speaking to the girl.
Ian Perkus deserves it.
The man she once loved said.
“Celine… ….”
“Let’s stop?”
It was a reflexive answer.
The woman was catching her breath, her tawny eyes burning through her blood-soaked bangs.
“I’ve wanted to do that too, many times.”
The voice, stripped of all emotions, gave the impression that it was tattered.
As if that was the voice a girl should have.
Is that why?
The man kept his mouth shut. Instead, the golden eyes sink even deeper.
“Even when my father collapsed.”
The girl adjusted her posture as her eyes were covered in tears.
“Even when the family fell apart and her mother spent every night in tears.”
Steam rises above the girl’s pure white skin.
“Even when I went to sleep feeling guilty for not being able to do anything and blaming myself every day… After that, again and again and again!”
A crimson flame rises above the cold blade.
With the flames, the broken attitude was restored. The heated metal flutters with flames.
The muggy heat melts the snow that had accumulated on the woman’s body. Pop. The falling water drops looked like tears.
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“Stop it… “Please, I asked you to stop.”
“Celine.”
“If only I were as strong as my brother.”
Instead of pointing out her name, Ian closed his eyes in silence.
It was also a sign.
“If that were the case, wouldn’t we have had to do this?”
There was no answer back.
Because the past has already passed. There was no way that reality would change just because we discussed it now.
All that remains is a man and a woman standing parallel to each other on a snowy field.
“I thought it was okay to be weak. Her brother said he would protect me at any time… However, when I came to my senses, I realized that my brother had gone far away.”
An unfamiliar tremor was spreading in the woman’s voice.
It was ’emotion’. I thought she had already lost it.
There was still a spark in the girl’s heart.
“That’s when I realized it.”
“Celine, I… ….”
“I have to do it alone.”
Only one emotion.
Like wildfire, it burns in Celine’s heart.
“It’s not ‘Ian Perkus’, it’s me.”
“I’m sorry.”
Resolution and apology intersect.
None of the confessions were sincere. However, they just cross each other like blades and pass by each other.
The conversation is now over. Flames soared high through Celine’s attitude as she gritted her teeth.
Scream, scream. Or struggling.
Anything was good. Shining crimson lines spread like veins on Celine’s transparent skin as she cried out and hit the ground.
My heart pounded, the girl felt her heart beating.
From afar, behind your back.
The ‘Seven Sins Relic’ pulsating as if assisting Celine was pouring out more and more intense power. It’s painful, as if my veins are burning, and I feel like I’m on fire.
The increased body temperature felt like it would cook my brain at any moment.
I didn’t even think about stopping.
Boom!
For the first time, Celine’s attitude began to compete with her man and sword. The flames were shining, approaching the closest range of her man. The flames are getting stronger.
The more it happened, the brighter the crimson lines spread across Celine’s skin were shining.
But even that is only a moment.
“Celine.”
That low call was a signal.
The man’s blade turned at an angle and threw away Celine’s sword. However, neither the blade nor the flame could reach their destination.
Because space and time were bent and bent into strange orbits.
Instead, what struck the girl in the abdomen was her man’s fist.
Boom!
Seline’s body was bent at a right angle along with a sharp shock wave. There was no time to scream or moan.
It was because she felt nauseous before that and her body collapsed.
Instead of vomit, a mixture of gastric juice and blood bursts out. A blow so powerful that it converges inside, to the point where torn pieces of internal organs are visible.
It was a talent that could only be seen by a martial artist who had reached the level of martial arts.
Also, at least a few of the moves were mercy that the advanced expert would show to the weak.
The difference in power was so clear.
“Stop it. “You can’t handle the power of that artifact yet.”
It was immediately after that that flames burst out of Celine’s eyes, which were frantically coughing up blood.
Stop it?
I have already given everything.
Love, memories, relationships. Anything.
But what are you saying to stop now?
“Ouch,” Celine did her best, letting out a moan. She somehow managed to get her body up and fight once again.
Even then, her Ian was just silently looking down at Celine.
Is it mockery? Or, is it the last regret for an old relationship?
It didn’t matter either way. Celine used all her strength to push her body up.
The distance from Ian is very short.
Selene’s sword spit out crimson flames again. Even then, her man didn’t make any movement.
The flame is reversed.
Another of the Sword Circle’s anti-heavens, Selene’s posture, unable to overcome her own strength, collapsed, and her sword drew diagonally once again.
I took a couple of steps back, dripping blood.
When her man’s kick struck, the woman’s body flew through the air without resistance. Celine fell down again and had no choice but to vomit out her blood.
“Leto is dead.”
Just one word.
Seline’s body, which had not shown any particular reaction until now, stopped at those words. In an instant, the fire that had been burning brightly following her dazed eyes died down.
It meant that she had even forgotten her anger.
Ian’s expression of deep regret was surprisingly calm. Is it because she has already shed all the tears she needed to shed?
“It’s my fault.”
Celine was trying to keep a friendly tone that might be ridiculing her.
I realized that the corners of her mouth were twitching but not moving. What was the girl trying to laugh for in the first place?
There won’t be any feelings left anymore.
Why is she chewing her lips, why is her hand holding her sword straining?
Unable to figure it out, the girl raised her body with her trembling limbs. Even though the reason is unknown, one fact is clear.
I was angry. I can’t control it.
However, she just couldn’t figure out what her anger was directed at.
So, scream.
“aaah!”
The blow that took all of his strength was scattered before it even reached him. In the secret season, hundreds of slashes pass by, leaving stab wounds.
After that, the brutal battle continued.
The means of defeating Celine were diverse. Starting with ‘Golden Blade’, ‘Moon Flipping’ and other Holy Kingdom Jujutsu, the five meanings of the Sword Circle, and ending with ‘Gyeol (結)’ and ‘Hae (解)’.
There was no harvest.
As her attack and defense continued, Celine’s sword dug deeper into her Ian’s space. She felt crazy hot in her veins in return, but she didn’t care.
But it still can’t be reached.
When she collapsed, the feeling in her limbs had disappeared. My internal organs, which had been torn countless times, could only twitch and did not perform their function.
Only the snow falling on the retina, which has lost focus, is reflected.
“Leto asked for the last time.”
Middle jaw, lower jaw.
Letting out her harsh breath, the girl covered her forehead with her arm. Looking back, she had never fought with all her might before.
But why can’t I reach it?
I am angry. I felt unfair and angry.
Yes, ‘anger’.
“Please save me.”
“…… Shut up.”
That was the essence of the girl.
The only emotion a weak person should feel.
“You’re going to save me? “Now that you’ve come?”
Flames rose around the girl, who stumbled and got up.
Crimson lines were clearly visible on Celine’s skin as she completely surrendered herself to the fire within her. The magical tube that replaced the blood vessels was constantly drawing power from the ‘Relic of the Seven Sins’.
Endlessly, endlessly.
In response to anger, it’s so much that I can’t handle it.
Because that was the essence of ‘anger’.
“Don’t be funny…” ….”
After burning the whole world, I turn myself into ashes.
“Don’t make me laugh!”
Following the girl’s screams, flames soared. Higher and higher, and more intense.
“You can’t save anyone… Ian Perkus.”
The yellow-brown eyes were burning like never before. Hatred, anger. With all those emotions.
Soon, the flames became one world.
It was the result of surpassing the limit and absorbing all power. Ian must have sensed that power as well, so much so that she lowered her posture slightly.
If things continue like this, it will break through.
It was an instinct-like conviction. Nevertheless, for some reason.
“No one… Not even me!”
Ian closed her eyes.
The fireworks that enveloped the area were aimed at her man like shooting stars.
At that moment, there was only one thing that came to Ian’s mind.
First step.
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