novelraw Chapter 106 : Chapter 106
Chapter 106 : Chapter 106
Chapter 106 The World of Black and White
A man was hiding in the distant bush, watching Riman.
An ordinary civilian in a suit.
He was Mayor Cha Hak-jun's secretary and a companion who had come here with Jensen.
His mission was to spy on and observe Riman's actions.
So the fact that he was watching Riman from afar itself wasn't strange.
The problem was...
‘Where did Mr. Jensen... go...?’
Jensen was nowhere to be seen.
He definitely went into the demonic beast's den saying he would catch Riman, but only Riman came out of the tunnel.
‘Don’t tell me...?!’
The worst possible situation imaginable flashed through his mind.
‘No, that can’t be... I know full well how much of a monster that man Jensen is...!’
Last month, he had followed Jensen to a mission site.
What he saw there was shock itself.
A scene where dozens of enhanced humans and superhumans melted away under Jensen's surprise attack.
For him, the idea of such a Jensen losing was a scene difficult to imagine.
‘But... this situation, no matter how I think about it...’
However, the situation unfolding before his eyes right now was one where he had no choice but to assume Jensen had been defeated.
Jensen's target walked out perfectly fine, but Jensen himself was nowhere to be seen.
‘Damn it, now that it’s come to this...!’
BEEP.
He pressed the emergency call button on his phone.
This was a button calling the combat forces waiting nearby to this point.
Right after Jensen entered the tunnel, he had these forces wait at the foot of the mountain in advance.
Just in case Jensen was defeated.
Apart from not thinking Jensen would lose, it was because he was the type to consider all possibilities when handling tasks.
And—
CLICK.
He quietly took a pistol out of his bosom and released the safety catch.
And aimed the muzzle at Riman.
This was how he came to be aiming a pistol at Riman from the bush.
‘Phew...’
After taking a deep breath inwardly without a sound.
At the moment he was about to pull the trigger.
SNAP!
Riman suddenly snapped his fingers.
And an explosion occurred inside the tunnel.
CRASH CRASH!!
Along with a fierce roar, the demonic beast's den collapsed entirely.
The secretary froze on the spot, unable to even pull the trigger at this sudden explosion.
‘Wha... What?!’
RUMBLE!
It took only a few seconds for the demonic beast's den worth tens of billions to become just a pile of dirt.
And with this, Jensen's death was practically confirmed.
Because it was obvious he would have been buried alive inside the collapsed tunnel.
‘...He collapsed the demonic beast's den just by snapping his finger once?!’
If that was done solely with individual ability without utilizing magic tools, that guy must be a strongman exceeding common sense.
Then...
‘If I'm going to deal with him, I have to deal with him right here.’
No matter how strong he is, it would be difficult to win consecutive fierce battles.
Besides, looking at him, there was a quite large scar on his side too.
And currently, forces in full condition are gathering here.
‘I’ll end it here.’
Thinking so, at the moment he aimed the muzzle at Riman again.
“Put down the gun.”
“...?!”
At Riman's voice, the secretary felt goosebumps rising all over his body.
“Don’t just stand there surprised, put down the gun.”
“...!”
“Did you think I wouldn't see you hiding in the bush holding your breath? Put down the gun.”
“......”
The secretary slowly lowered the muzzle.
Then Riman said.
“That’s right. Good thinking.”
“......”
This made it certain.
Riman's words were not just a bluff he threw out.
He had really been observing every move of the secretary.
Now that it had come to this, there was no reason to hide anymore.
RUSTLE-
The secretary revealed himself above the bush.
Riman said to the secretary.
“Did Cha Hak-jun send you too?”
“...What could I hide? That is correct.”
“And those guys too, are kids sent by Cha Hak-jun?”
“...!”
The secretary felt goosebumps rising down his spine again.
The opponent was aware of even the movement of the forces approaching this place.
Riman said.
“Back off.”
“Pardon?”
“My target is only Mayor Cha Hak-jun. The people under him are outside my interest. So leave. If you don’t touch me, I won’t touch you either.”
“...How about coming over to our side instead.”
“What?”
The secretary suddenly changed his stance.
From killing to appeasement.
The secretary continued.
“...The Mayor is someone who definitely rewards ability. Even if you were an enemy, he is someone who would treat you well as long as you have the ability.”
“Wait, can a subordinate like you make such promises about a position as you please?”
“Didn't you create a vacancy with your own hands just a moment ago.”
“......”
Come to think of it, I did create one vacancy in their faction with my own hands just a moment ago.
But...
“Refused.”
“Think carefully. It’s the Mayor, the head of a capital city. You know well what it means to be with such a person...”
“If you take me in front of Cha Hak-jun, I will immediately blast a fireball at Cha Hak-jun's head. Otherwise, I’ll shoot from afar. My goal remains unchanged.”
“...Are you serious?”
“I have no intention of keeping alive someone who pointed a knife at me.”
Of course, that wasn't the only reason.
Cha Hak-jun, if that guy is left alive, too many innocent people die.
Because he was the type of human who would really kill anyone without hesitation to satisfy his greed.
But he couldn't keep him on the same side either.
Because he was the type of human who would stick a knife in his own ally's back without hesitation if things went even slightly wrong.
A human with absolutely no reason to keep alive.
So Riman's stance could not change.
The secretary said.
“...Is that so?”
PRESS.
Simultaneously with those words, the secretary pressed the button on his phone.
Code Red.
Order for immediate offensive.
The command to attack was issued to all forces surrounding Riman.
Fingers of all waiting forces were placed on triggers.
It was the opening of war.
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
Bullets pouring in from all directions without blind spots.
But Riman's barrier, deployed faster than that, bounced off all the bullets.
Amidst the dizzying gunshots and metallic sounds bouncing off, Riman's voice rang out clearly.
“...I clearly said. I don’t keep alive guys who point knives at me.”
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
Regardless of that.
The muzzles, once started vomiting bullets, fiercely spewed fire.
With this, their stance was firmly decided.
Of course, not a single shot could reach Riman.
“Tch...!”
“What, is he equipped with a defensive magic tool?”
“Move, I’m going.”
The moment it was revealed that firearms didn't work.
One person took out daggers in both hands.
Daggers made of special metal with high mana conductivity.
If bullets don't work, he intended to tear the barrier with mana.
“Cover me.”
SWISH!
The guy began to move.
Keeping his posture low and using cover, he dug exactly into Riman's blind spot.
Calculating, meticulous, and agile.
Movement that would have looked as if he teleported if seen by an ordinary person.
However, unfortunately, the opponent was Riman.
From the moment he took the first step, all of the guy's movements were already within Riman's calculation range.
THWACK!
“Huh?”
The moment the distance to Riman reached merely 5 meters.
Something pitch-black and long pierced the guy's belly skin.
It was Riman's Eoduksini whip.
WHOOSH!
“Keu-heok...!”
The guy was dragged to Riman just like that, skewered on the whip.
A feeling as if his internal organs were pulled out whole.
Soon Riman's hand grabbed his neck.
GRAB!
“Gag...!”
“Those knives, I like them.”
ZZZRT!
Riman first exploded electric shock from his grip and fried the guy.
The forces who saw that scene were appalled and muttered.
“Menson got hit...?”
“This crazy...!”
Riman snatched the two daggers Menson was holding and held them in his hands.
They were models Riman knew as well.
‘Durability isn't great, but they are knives with quite good mana conductivity.’
Which means, they are optimal for disposable use.
But before that...
‘These guys, there are quite a few more than I thought.’
In fact, Riman's current condition wasn't very good.
Fatigue accumulated from fighting a brawl with Jensen once, plus he suffered a fatal wound of losing his vision once.
So the best measure to overcome this situation right now is...
‘End it as quickly as possible.’
Riman closed his eyes.
Even if it puts a little strain on the body, it is best to end it with a short-term decisive battle.
Then the best move he can use right now is...
‘...Only this.’
WHOOSH.
Riman opened his eyes.
But the two eyes revealed under those eyelids were not the eyes before closing.
Reverse eyes with black and white inverted.
The Extreme Eye opened.
He activated the demonic eye he had awakened just a moment ago again.
SHIMMER-
In Riman's vision, the world changes.
Black Light emitted from two eyes bleaches all objects, and eventually, all of them degenerate into black and white.
Magic depends on how one perceives and defines the world.
Riman's two eyes redefined this world as a field of black and white.
And in the world of black and white, all forms and existences are defined by black.
Therefore, the strongest thing in this world is none other than ‘Black Color.’
Absurd.
But these two eyes force that absurd law onto this world.
Like that, Riman's magic, which is only black, comes to possess an incomparably great presence within this world.
Amplification of presence leads directly to amplification of power.
CRACKLE-
Riman injected mana into the daggers held in both hands.
[Charge]
Magic that accumulates electric power in a conductor.
The daggers with high mana conductivity greedily swallowed electric power, and the over-accumulated power slowly began to create cracks on the blades.
Crack, instability, over-accumulated energy.
The conclusion was simple.
Explosion.
SWISH!
Riman threw one dagger toward the center of the forces on the left.
The blade, thrown as if bounced using the elasticity of the black whip, flew like an arrow.
And finally, the blade reached the center of the forces.
CRACK-
It breaks.
And explodes.
ZZZRT ZZZRT ZZZRT!!
Thousands of strands of black lightning stretched out in all directions and swept the surroundings.
A vast amount of electric power, much more than what was accumulated, burned the air and exploded.
“Guk...!”
“Kuaaaak...!”
“Sa... ve...!”
Electrocution, burn, burning to death, explosion death.
Numerous causes of death branching out from a single explosion, corpses rolling around.
Riman's Extreme Eye witnessed that scene clearly.
In the black and white world where everything lost its own color, only Riman's magic was distinctly enforcing its own color.
Like that, half of the forces were swept away by a single electric explosion.
Usually in military science, 30% of the forces dying is treated as virtual annihilation.
But right now, 50% of the forces died here.
It was a situation beyond annihilation.
“This damn...!”
“Retreat! Retreat!!”
The judgment of the remaining ones was accurate and fast.
Deciding to retreat quickly from a battle with no chance of winning is also part of strategy.
The decision they made was sufficiently swift.
The only problem was that the speed of the dagger Riman threw was faster than their retreat speed.
“Uh...?”
“That... ?!”
THUD.
They saw the dagger that flew and embedded into the ground.
WHINE!
The dagger expanding again, scattering fragments, current and blast pressure bursting from inside.
Once again, the explosion of current swept among them.
CRASH CRASH!
Spearheads of current pierce through numerous human bodies and scatter.
A destructive miracle achieved solely with one individual's ideology and mana, without using a grain of gunpowder or a piece of detonator.
The secretary could do nothing in front of it.
He couldn't move, nor could he speak recklessly.
Because he had never felt this level of helplessness and fear in his life.
‘...We messed with the wrong opponent.’
That was a human one shouldn't mess with in the first place.
When he killed Francis and disappeared, they should have just let him disappear.
‘Such a monster, we dragged him onto the board...!’
But it was already too late for regrets.
SWISH.
At that time, Riman approached in front of the secretary.