novelraw Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Chapter 118. The Color of the Evil Spirit (3)
Extreme Eye.
A demonic eye that makes the caster re-perceive the world in black and white by irradiating black light from both eyes.
The moment this is activated, Riman's vision becomes dyed in black and white.
Magic is something shaped according to how the caster perceives the world.
Riman perceives the world in black and white, and consequently, within Riman, this world loses its own light.
That evil spirit's brilliant multi-colors also have their hues bleached and degrade into black and white.
However, Riman's magic, which was black from the beginning, does not lose its color and power.
No, rather, the power of its existence swells even more.
Thereby, the potency of the magic Riman wields is greatly amplified.
That is the ability of this demonic eye, 'Extreme Eye'.
FWOOOOSH!
The fire Riman wielded began to burn even more intensely.
Riman spoke toward Kim Eun-tae, toward Simryugwi.
"…You lose your light, and my magic gains clarity."
WHOOSH!
He swings his hand.
The path of his fingertips guides the flames, and form begins to be bestowed upon the distorted fire.
"…I will burn you."
Riman's flames began to be sharpened keenly.
At the same time—
RIPPLE!
As if responding to this, the surface of Simryugwi also began to fluctuate.
Repairing the scars of the explosions suffered from Riman, the thing regained its strength.
KWAAAAAAH!
If a wave possessed malice, would it take such a form?
It soars, envelops, fragments, and pours down.
A single mass of tsunami transforms into thousands of blades, into hundreds of meteors.
Death pours down.
Flames soar.
Chae Hong-gyu speaks.
"He lost."
"Who?"
"Naturally, it's the Leman side. The difference in the magnitude of power is too overwhelming."
They clash.
KABOOOOM!!
The collision of condensed energy spreads a terrifying roar and shock.
The earth axis shakes, and a fierce tearing sound rips the atmosphere.
And that sound spread to places several kilometers away.
People walking on the street murmured.
"Did you hear the explosion just now?"
"It felt like the ground shook too……?"
"Look over there! Smoke is……!"
RUMBLE…….
After a bout of clash and collision swept away the abandoned building zone.
Thickly rising explosion smoke and heated air covered the epicenter.
And the escapees predicted Riman's death this time for sure.
Even if he blocked Simryugwi's attack, the aftermath alone seemed sufficient to kill him.
"Whew, it's hot."
"If the heat can be felt even from this distance… inside that epicenter, he must have burned to death."
However, their prediction missed spectacularly.
"Uh……?"
What was revealed as the smoke cleared was Riman's back.
Riman was still standing firmly where he had been.
Flames burned unchanged, and Riman was still alive and breathing amidst them.
The temperature in that area hovered over 200 degrees Celsius.
A temperature where the flesh of an ordinary person would have cooked and they would have collapsed long ago.
However, thanks to Saya's temperature manipulation ability, there was no damage to Riman.
Because she had fixed the air around his body at 20 degrees Celsius.
Rather, the one who took damage was the Simryugwi side.
GURGLE, GURGLE…….
Simryugwi was in a state where it had stepped back, torn here and there.
No matter how one looked at it, it was Riman's overwhelming advantage.
The escapees were flustered.
"What……?"
"Simryugwi is being pushed back? By mere fire like that?!"
Of course, this did not mean Simryugwi's defeat.
SWISH!
Simryugwi spread its body and rushed fiercely once again.
Even after suffering like that, the thing's power did not diminish significantly.
Vitality at a disgusting level.
Riman concentrated mana at the tips of his ten fingers.
And swung both hands as if clawing the empty air.
[Fire Claw]
Ten slashes embedded themselves into Simryugwi.
RIP!
Tearing.
Slicing.
Piercing.
Riman wielded the compressed and sharpened flames.
Doing so, he tore Simryugwi's body apart.
A situation where he would have been eaten by Simryugwi long ago if it were ordinary fire magic.
But the flames backed by the Extreme Eye did not lose their sharpness and heat even before Simryugwi's torrent.
However, Riman knew.
That he had to tear it apart like this for at least a few months to reach the thing's annihilation.
'Even if I tear and slice it like this, the thing will recover again.'
Because the power Simryugwi harbored was that immense.
So the strategy of killing until it dies could not be used against this thing.
Because there was a limit to Riman's stamina, and the Extreme Eye was also not a technique that could be maintained for very long.
However, every enemy has a weakness.
Simryugwi's weakness.
That is destroying the cursed object containing the thing's main body.
And the place where that cursed object is contained is none other than…….
"Grrrr……."
Located at the innermost part of Simryugwi, Simryugwi's vessel.
Kim Eun-tae.
The vessel was inside his body.
Therefore, Riman had to tear and slice through Simryugwi to advance.
Because he had to reach Kim Eun-tae's body by any means necessary.
"Haaaaah……!"
FWOOOOSH!!
Scattering high-density flames in all directions, Riman advanced.
The distance narrows rapidly.
Seeing that, Chae Hong-gyu muttered.
"He's breaking through… Simryugwi like that……?!"
Chae Hong-gyu was flustered.
Because he also knew Simryugwi's weakness.
Furthermore, he knew that if he broke through like that, the weakness would naturally be exploited.
And that fact, Simryugwi also knew.
BULGE-
At that moment, a part of Simryugwi's body detached in a round shape.
BULGE, BULGE-
Round lumps fell off from the surface of Simryugwi's body.
Simryugwi began to divide its own spirit body into numerous spheres.
Dozens, hundreds of spheres embroidered the empty air.
It was a baffling sight.
Because such a form didn't seem helpful for attacking at all.
But seeing that, Chae Hong-gyu turned deathly pale.
"…Run."
"What?"
"Run away! We have to run away! Right now!!"
The escapees turned their backs just like that and began to leave the spot.
At that moment.
KABOOOOM!
One sphere exploded.
An absolute explosion that even felt like an illusion of space being erased.
The massive amount of spiritual power condensed inside the sphere had exploded.
And that explosion did not end with just one.
Every single one of these numerous spheres was an explosive.
This was, in short, self-destruction.
A massive explosion induced by Simryugwi consuming its own spiritual power and spirit body.
Of course, even doing this does not kill Simryugwi.
Even if a significant portion of the spirit body is destroyed, it can be restored to its original state given time.
Still, bringing out this self-destruction technique meant that Simryugwi recognized Riman as that dangerous of an existence.
Because the intention was to kill him even if it meant grinding up this entire area.
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!!
"Kyaaaaak!"
"S-Save me……!"
"Move!! I said move!!"
The shock swept beyond the abandoned building zone and even to the downtown area.
The glass outer walls of high-rise buildings shattered simultaneously, and cars on the street rolled like fallen leaves.
Street trees and streetlamps snapped like sorghum stalks, and dust stirred up the city center.
Disaster.
The result of a disaster with a will rampaging even while destroying itself.
And the target that will was directed at was one.
It was only Riman alone.
KABOOOOM!
The explosions continued.
Because not all those spheres had burst simultaneously.
Countless spheres were still waiting to explode.
However, Riman had no more flames left to wield.
Because he had consumed all the flames to offset the aftermath of that explosion.
'Tsk……!'
To think the thing would bring out a self-destruction technique.
'It's a pattern triggered with extremely rare probability, but to encounter it now of all times…….'
There was neither time nor opportunity to rekindle the fire.
Even the duration of the Extreme Eye was almost up.
Going on like this would only result in being eaten by those explosions.
Riman racked his brain.
'…Before the explosion occurs, I have to dismantle the sphere.'
Dismantling the sphere.
In other words, disarming the explosive before detonation.
That was exactly what Riman had to do.
'…I have to intercept all the spheres.'
Before they burst bigger, there was a need to let the steam out.
But he shouldn't stab recklessly with things like electricity or ice.
Because a misstep could induce premature detonation rather than disarmament.
'A method to stably pierce those spheres while interfering with the internal structure.'
Such a convenient measure…….
'…Exists.'
WHEEEENG……!
Another sphere was about to explode again.
At that moment.
Riman took something out of his pocket.
A black bell.
It was the Black Seed Bell (Heukjaryeong).
JINGLE.
Along with a clear sound, something ominous revealed itself.
Eoduksini.
An evil spirit born from the human heart fearing darkness.
It is forged into the shape of a whip in Riman's hand.
'Go……!'
WHIP!
The whip is fired like an arrow and its sharp tip races through the air.
It soon burrows into the sphere.
THWACK!
The whip burrows into the surface of the sphere.
Both the sphere and the whip have the same composition of spirit body.
Therefore, the surface does not break easily.
However, the whip that burrowed in stirs up the inside of the sphere.
The energy inside the sphere is disrupted.
The energy cannot transition into a proper explosion and merely leaks out powerlessly, making a deflating sound.
POOF.
A lifeless explosion like a balloon popping.
The spirit body and spiritual power merely scattered and failed to create an explosion.
The interception was successful.
'Done……!'
THWACK THWACK THWACK!
The whip rampaged and began to skewer the spheres in succession.
Like a black thread racing vertically and horizontally to thread beads.
In an instant, dozens of spheres were pierced by the whip and burst powerlessly.
POP POP POP-
Explosive power less than firecrackers.
The numerous spheres Simryugwi created even while prepared for self-destruction burst like balloons in an instant.
Of course, there were quite a few that burst properly before Riman could intercept them.
And those truly turned this area into ruins.
CRASH!!
Retaining walls collapsed, and soil and rocks flowed down from the mountain.
Cracks burst over the outer walls of buildings, and some buildings collapsed entirely.
"Aaaaaah!"
"Save me!!"
"Kyaaaaak!!"
The disaster spreads uncontrollably.
And the epicenter where all of that disaster burst out.
In that place, one man still hadn't stopped walking.
Riman Solaris.
He intercepted the spheres, layered barriers upon barriers, and barely deflected shockwaves with parrying as he advanced.
While doing so, Riman's body was already a wreck.
His clothes became rags, and his skin was full of wounds and burns.
Nevertheless, a desperate advance that does not stop.
Like that, finally, Riman reached a point 10 meters from Kim Eun-tae.
Riman spoke the opponent's name as if vomiting it out.
"Kim Eun-tae……!"
WHOOSH!
At the same time, exploding the remaining shock in his boots, he cast high-speed movement forward.
The distance narrowed in an instant, and Kim Eun-tae's figure finally came clearly into view.
It was a terrible state where even the word miserable was insufficient.
The stitches sewn all over his body had all burst, and Simryugwi's spirit body was flowing out from those gaps.
The guy's body had already degraded to the level of a living jar containing Simryugwi.
Riman looked at him and said.
"…I understand why you chose to become like that."
However…….
"I am also in a position where I have to receive the bounty, you see."
WHIRL!
Riman wrapped the black whip around his entire right hand.
And-
THWACK!
He plunged that hand straight into Kim Eun-tae's chest.
He had thrust his hand into the gap of the stitches opened on the guy's chest.
A bizarre groan flowed from Kim Eun-tae's mouth.
"Grrrr……."
"Huuup……!"
It was felt through his fingertips.
Something embedded deep inside the guy's chest.
The cursed object containing Simryugwi.
If he had tried to grasp it with bare hands, his hand would have disintegrated.
But Riman's hand was wrapped in the
Therefore, he barely withstood it and somehow pulled it out.
"Kuaaaa……!"
SQUELCH!
Finally, it is extracted.
In Riman's hand was a brass ring.
And.
Zzzzz……!
The memories contained in the ring began to pour into Riman's mind.