Humanity Itself is Strong - Chapter 46

He grabbed the spear hard.

Kgggg!

Jin-seong, holding the holy spear, Gae Assail, in his left hand, stood on the cliff and watched the corpse of the Lord of Corruption climb down the other side of the cliff.

‘This angle will be good enough….’

Jin-seong moved far away from the cliff, enough to get a running start.

[The unnamed god asks if you really want to continue this.]

“Please use 80% magic power for this attack.”

[The unnamed god says when that happens, you will no longer have enough magic power to recover your body.]

But Jin-seong was determined.

“….I’m ready.”

Pzzzzzz…!

As if responding to that, the holy spear, Gae Assail, began to emit sparks. Jin-seong put his spear to his ear and lightly kicked the ground.

The moment he ran at high speed in an instant and approached the cliff with a clear view,

Toong!

With his front foot on the edge of the cliff, he twisted the inertia of jumping forward and carried it up to his shoulder.

Pzzzzz-!

The holy spear, which was overcharged with magic power, began to emit even more dazzling sparks. Jin-seong expanded his transcendent shoulder strength and threw the holy spear.

The holy spear, loaded with the accumulated power of Jin-seong, was projected with a thunderous sound the moment it left Jin-seong’s hand.

-Koogoogooo!

A white flash of light traversed through the air.

It was the moment when the holy spear was about to rush in and crash into the chest of the giant.

Jin-seong ordered.

“Expand.”

Chiiingg!

As if responding to that command, the projected beam of light instantly expanded in width and length, and in an instant, it became a huge spear and pierced the giant’s chest.

Phuck!

The giant could not withstand the mass of the spear and was swept away and crashed into the cliff.

Booom….!

Kaaaaaaa!

The giant was pierced with a giant spear full of sparks, and he was wrestling to move.

Lee Jin-seong nodded quietly and looked at his left hand, which he just used to throw the spear. His left hand was scorched with an iron, and his sleeve was burnt, exposing his arms.

“…Still, it’s better than magi.”

Srrng….!

Then, he pulled out his Tyrfing with his right hand.

Jin-seong was relieved of the fact that he was ambidextrous.

Kgggg…..

Everyone there stared blankly at the Lord of Corruption who was swinging his arms in pain.

“….He threw Rue’s Spear?”

Setz murmured in a daze.

“Damn, how did he throw that?!”

Kang Min-ah’s face was filled with admiration.

“….I knew it….!”

Muhyuk, who was beside her, also admired Lee Jin-seong.

But suddenly,

Boom!

A huge energy orb was dropped in front of them.

Bang!

A huge explosion engulfed them. As a result, a cloud of white smoke filled the area.

Pssssss….!

“…..”

The magic swordsman looked at the scene with no expression.

When the sand smoke had subsided a little, a huge pile of dirt rose up like a hill.

Then, in an instant, the pile of dirt sank back into the ground, and in the middle, Setz and her companions appeared.

“I knew it, Elder Druid is a difficult opponent.”

After the Cataclysm, it’s not only mana that appeared in the world. The living factors that nurture and compose nature, the so-called Spirits, appeared. And those who can communicate and sympathize with them were called Spirit Sorcerers, and the ones that outstood with their ability were called Druids.

And the most powerful among them was called the Elder Druids.

“… It’s my turn.”

All of a sudden, dozens of colorful lights were floating around Setz like fireflies. Even if a person succeeds using only one of them, she/he is recognized as Spirit Sorcerer. But the number of lights Setz created exceeded dozens.

Piiing….!

In an instant, the ground shook violently, and the line of dirt rose around the magic swordsman, becoming sharp spears and rushing towards him.

But the magic swordsman swung his sword accordingly.

Crack! Pwack!

The magic swordsman in his cloak simply broke the earthen spears. Then he frowned.

“Are you kidding me?”

“…..”

This time, Setz used one blue spirit ball.

Boom!

This time, dozens of high-pressure streams of water burst out of the crevice from which the pile of stones had risen and hit the magic swordsman.

“….!”

Pwack!

The magic swordsman was engulfed in the clear pouring water. Setz, who didn’t miss that moment, jumped into him.

“Stop pulling your punch!”

Setz jumped and hit the blade.

Clang!

Suddenly, a mana sword came out of the stream and blocked her sword.

Czzzz…!

The stream of water scattered, revealing the appearance of the magic swordsman again.

“….Why is everyone a good mind reader?”

And this time, Muhyuk appeared from the back of the magic swordsman and wielded his Wasp Sword.

Ping!

“Or is it just that I suck at acting.”

Bang!

The protective magic used by the magic swordsman was activated, and it deflected Muhyuk.

“Keuk!”

A red spear, spinning like a snake, flew to the side of the magic swordsman. But that blow was also blocked by another mana sword from the magic swordsman.

Then, dozens of mana swords floated up in the sky and made their attack.

“Keuk!”

As a result, Setz and her companions had to step backward. The magic swordsman spoke as he turned to them.

“I don’t think you guys have time to relax”

As soon as he finished his words, he looked at Kang Min-ah.

“….?!”

Kaaak!

A white scythe came from Kang Min-ah’s blind spot.

Kwajik!

Min-ah managed to hit it back.

“Huh?! What was that?!”

What attacked Min-ah was the premature jingjo of corruption. The jingjo’s white sickle-like forearms became bent by Min-ah’s spear.

Muhyuk shouted.

“The heart is beating again!”

As if the heart knew that his body was nearby, the red egg sac was pulsating again, releasing the jingjo.

Instead of eggs, the heart was urgently producing the jingjo who could fight right away, but all were deformed or small in size.

Kyaeeee….!

The jingjo began to run towards them. Min-ah, who stood in front of them, lit her red and blue eyes.

Soon,

“…..!”

The jingjo stopped moving.

Just at the right time, Min-ah rushed forward.

“Aaaaa!”

Then, she wielded her red spear and swept the jingjo away.

Tk…Tddk….!

In an instant, about ten jingjo were destroyed. Seeing that, Min-ah swung her spear and spoke arrogantly.

“They are so weak….?”

Kang Min-ah, who turned her head to the side, couldn’t continue her words.

“….What?!”

Kduk, kduk, kduk…!

The dead jingjo on the ground with missing body parts began to move.

Gwuhhh…. Gwuhhh….

Besides, even the corpses of the dead rose and began moving forward.

“What’s going on?! Why are they moving?!”

The magic swordsman spoke to Kang Min-ah, who was in great shock.

“It’s because the Forest of Decay is also trying to stop you guys.”

She could see mushroom spore masses growing from the risen corpses of the dead.

“Damn it…. But after all, they are just corpses!”

It was when Kang Min-ah was about to sweep away the corpses.

Boom!

There was a huge quake coming from the very bottom of the floor she was standing on.

“Ah?!”

This time, the infected dead began to crawl out from the ground that collapsed.

The real owner of the lord’s tomb was the ‘Forest of Decay’ itself. And the mushroom forest was to attack them by any means in order to successfully resurrect the lord.

The magic swordsman, who had an army of tens and thousands of the dead, shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

“Wow, it feels as if I became the demon king.”

The magic swordsman planted fire, electricity, and ice cubes inside the energy orbs floating in all directions. Then, he murmured while looking at those behind Setz.

“Should we start the real game now?”

As if responding to him,

Boom!

A large explosion occurred on one side of the infected dead that flocked like cockroaches.

Gwuhh…?

All the infected dead turned to the direction where the explosion had just occurred.

Srrng….!

A purple beam of light flashed and shortly after that, a huge explosion occurred again.

Gwuhh!

Kyaeee!

When the explosion occurred, even more zombies and the infected dead began moving as a flock.

Boom!

As if laughing at their tactic, the man swept them away with a bigger explosion. The monsters’ body parts became scattered in the air. Seeing that, Muhyuk shouted.

“Teacher, that’s my teacher!”

“You came just at the right time!”

The companions, with Lee Jin-seong’s assistance, went on the offensive and began to destroy the infected and the dead.

“….”

….Tuk!

With the explosion that Jin-seong made, an infected dead’s head dropped in front of the magic swordsman’s feet. Seeing that head, the magic swordsman smiled.

“Well… Did he already reach that level?”

As he kicked the head in front of him, the magic swordsman smiled.

Kyaeeeee….!

The fight wasn’t ending.

The infected dead and the corpses were weak, but their number was huge.

In the middle of chaos, Lee Jin-seong walked straight up to where the magic swordsman was.

The magic swordsman asked out of random.

“….Isn’t it resisting?”

“…..”

Sssk…

Instead of answering, Lee Jin-seong held out his sword in front of him.

Dudududu….!

The sword was shaking irregularly. Seeing that, the magic swordsman smiled.

‘….the sword wants to show off its power.’

The magic swordsman thought that he won’t need to worry about Lee Jin-seong getting hurt due to the Tyrfing’s resistance.

He fixed his posture as he looked at Jin-seong.

“Okay, then. Let’s see the end now.”

The magic swordsman thought it will be meaningful to face his end by a guy like Jin-seong.

But Jin-seong shook his head.

“….Well, I don’t know. I don’t think you’ll be able to fight with me.”

“What?”

“Because there’s a person who’s a bit mad at you.”

Suddenly,

Woosh!

A stream of water exploded from the ground and obscured the vision of the magic swordsman. However, as if he had expected that, the magic swordsman exploded his magic power and destroyed the flow of water surrounding him.

But what came after that was the real problem.

Kang Min-ah appeared in front of him with her red and blue eyes. Then, she used her ability, the Nightmare’s Eyes. For a moment, the magic swordsman couldn’t move, and the vines protruded from the back bound magic swordsman’s body.

“Keuk!”

Koong!

A blade resembling a leaf touched the neck of the magic swordsman who fell to the ground.

Setz shouted in anger.

“See the end? With whose permission?!”

The magic swordsman looked up at Setz in surprise.

“Why is my power…?”

The magic swordsman’s body was bound by the vines and he could no longer move.

“How dare you try to win me!”

“Damn it… I didn’t expect this….”

What was bounding the magic swordsman was the vine called the ‘Stem of Embra’, which absorbs one’s power. It was spirit magic used by Setz.

“Simon! Do you think I’ll let you die that easily?! Don’t even dream of that!”

Simon couldn’t help but laugh at Setz shouting at him.

“….This is crazy.”

Simon had no choice but to laugh at the absurd situation.

When things seemed to have settled down, Kang Min-ah shrugged her shoulders.

“Whew! So are we done?! Don’t we need to kill that guy?!”

“No, not yet.”

Jin-seong turned to the heart, as he answered firmly.

Badum, Badum, Badum….!

The sound of heartbeats began to fill the place that became quiet in an instant. Jin-seong, who was watching the fast-beating heart, turned to Muhyuk.

“Onyx blade.”

“…Here it is!”

Muhyuk gave the sword to Jin-seong in a polite posture.

“…..”

Jin-seong carefully looked at the onyx blade. Seeing the cracks, the sword seemed like it was about to break. This meant that Muhyuk had a difficult fight.

“…Well done.”

Jin-seong was very grateful to Muhyuk for playing a significant role in this journey where he could’ve died. But Jin-seong didn’t express his feelings outwardly.

Muhyuk also lowered his head without saying much.

“Thank you….”

Then,

Clang!

Jin-seong destroyed the Onyx blade with his Tyrfing.