novelraw Chapter 124 : Chapter 124
Chapter 124 : Chapter 124
Chapter 124. Remnants of Evil (5)
"Ugh……."
At the heat suddenly brushing his cheek, Johnny opened his eyes.
And the scene he saw was crazier than he thought.
"What is this……?"
A wave of pure white fire was raging in the distance.
The atmosphere expanded by the heat was screaming hotly, and the ground was bubbling as it melted down like chocolate.
A fiery hell.
Johnny could easily tell that all this was due to the White Flame Sven had bloomed.
So it was strange.
'That guy Sven bloomed a fire that big……?'
White Flame was a fire as difficult to control as it was powerful.
So Sven didn't handle that much White Flame at once.
Because if he made the slightest mistake, there was a possibility that the White Flame would backflow to the caster himself.
But to drive White Flame on such a large scale?
'That guy Sven, just what is he thinking……?'
Sven's thought was clear.
Even if he burns this entire battlefield, even if he takes on the risk of backflow.
Riman and Knox, he will definitely burn those two to death.
This was Sven's thought.
That was how threatening Riman and Knox were to Sven.
ROAAAR……!
Sven controlled this massive white flame with all his might.
So that no matter where or how Riman and Knox moved, they had no choice but to burn to death unconditionally.
He muttered with bloodshot eyes.
"Die… Please die……!"
At that moment.
BOOOOM……!
An unusual sound was heard from within the flames.
At the same time, a flow like the flames being pushed back from inside was felt.
'Are they pushing back the flames with wind?'
A cynical sneer appeared on Sven's lips.
'Useless. Just pushing back the flames won't block the heat of the fire.'
High heat enough to melt and boil the ground was already covering all directions.
Such heat itself couldn't be pushed back with just wind.
Heat spreads through the atmosphere, but heat also spreads as heat itself.
Therefore, Sven judged that no matter how much Riman and Knox struggled, they would eventually melt down.
However, that was a misjudgment.
WHOOSH!
The flames that densely filled Sven's vision split to both sides.
A tornado shot forward was pushing back the flames, creating a gap.
And those racing across that gap.
Riman and Knox.
The moment he saw their dash, Sven's face also turned pale white like the flames.
"What……?!"
It was natural to be surprised.
Because Riman and Knox were more intact than expected.
Normally, even if they pushed back the flames, their skin should have been cooked due to that heat.
"Impossible……!"
And even assuming they somehow blocked the approach of the heat, running on that ground itself made no sense.
The ground was in a state of melting and bubbling.
It wasn't in a condition to step on and run.
Nevertheless—
TAP!
Riman was running on top of it carrying Knox on his back.
A scene practically equivalent to running on lava.
Sven absolutely couldn't understand why that was possible.
"What in the……!"
The method Riman used to run on the melted ground was simple.
Shock release.
Just before the sole of his foot touched the ground, Riman released shock from his boots to bounce forward.
Therefore, he could run without touching his feet to the boiling ground.
WHOOSH-
The distance between Riman, Knox, and Sven narrowed in an instant.
The distance between them was now merely 15 meters.
At that moment, Riman said to Knox.
"Throwing."
"Yes?"
SWISH!
Riman pulled Knox's body with all his might using the black whip.
Seeing that, Sven tensed up for a moment.
'That bastard… trying to throw the swordsman at me……!'
At that moment, Knox's body was thrown at tremendous speed.
Up into that sky.
Sven was flustered.
"…What?"
WHOOSH!
Knox's body soared up to 40 meters above the ground.
He was thrown toward the sky, not Sven.
Riman had no intention of throwing Knox at Sven from the beginning.
Riman's goal was to evacuate Knox to a safe zone.
In a situation like now, 40 meters in the air was a sufficiently safe place.
Although the proviso 'until touching the ground' was attached.
Well, for a few seconds at least, he would be placed in the safest position on this battlefield.
"Aaaaaaaagh, fuuuuuck!!
Although the person himself didn't seem to think so.
Anyway, with this, Riman-
'Detached the hindrance.'
And at the same time, Riman also entered the safe zone.
Within a 10-meter radius around Sven.
Unlike other places, the ground there hadn't melted and was solid.
Riman stepped onto that solid floor.
Simultaneously, he concentrated mana in both hands.
Accelerating forward, and simultaneously drawing out sharp mana from his fingertips.
Sven also saw that and bloomed the fire even bigger.
Pouring out mana scraped from his very bottom.
"This bastard……!"
FWOOOOSH!
Ultra-high density White Flame, never shown until now, poured toward Riman.
Riman tensed up.
Because it was an attack that could really kill him if he didn't tense up.
But the fatigue accumulated in Riman was already at the limit.
Nevertheless, Riman extended his hand.
From those fingertips, magic gathering the remaining power blooms.
The left hand extends forward.
[Incision], 42 rapid fire.
The right hand prepares the following magic.
[Wind Wave], 3-shot focus.
Flame and wind.
The two phenomena finally collide.
POP POP POP POP!
Heavy and sticky flames rush like waves.
Dozens of wind blades cut through the air.
And victory belonged to the sharper side.
CLANG!
The White Flame split into dozens of pieces.
The [Wind Wave] that burst afterward blew those pieces away in all directions.
"Damn it……!"
With this, Sven lost his last flame.
But Riman also ultimately failed to land the magic he poured his all into.
A draw.
Each other's attacks canceled out completely.
-Or so Sven thought at that moment.
CRUNCH.
Sharp teeth bit into Sven's neck.
"Gah……?!"
Saya's teeth had bitten Sven's neck.
"Th… This……!"
"I wasn't fighting alone, you see."
"You… dog……!"
FLARE!
Sven bloomed a chestnut-sized White Flame on his palm.
He intended to scorch Saya with this.
Although it was a small fire, a fire quite dangerous if it hit directly.
Of course, Riman wouldn't just watch that happen.
[Discharge]
A small electric current leaked by Riman flowed into Sven riding Saya's body.
Electricity burst.
ZAP!
"Keuk……!"
It wasn't a lethal voltage.
But it was enough to stiffen the muscles and suppress him.
The fire blooming at Sven's fingertips died down in an instant, and his body collapsed.
And seeing that, Chae Hong-gyu screamed.
"Sveeeen!!"
THUD!
Sven sprawled on the floor.
Riman called Saya back and wrapped her around his body.
And looked down at Sven.
The world's worst arsonist was there.
He was a case arrested for committing arson in numerous places.
The reason Sven committed arson was extremely simple.
Pleasure? Vengeance? Sadism?
No.
It was 'just because'.
He set fires 'just because'.
Just as one wants to squeeze a pimple if they see one, or pick at a hangnail if they see one on their fingertip.
He just went around setting fires here and there.
Especially, the firewood he preferred most was people.
Because the screams flowing out while burning in the fire were quite pleasant to hear.
Just as many people like the crackling sound from a bonfire.
Sven liked burning people exactly to that extent.
So he couldn't understand the fact itself that he committed a sin worthy of going to Mugan.
Because he thought just burning things a bit wasn't any problem, unlike stealing big money or chopping up and torturing people.
"Gurgle, cough……."
Blood constantly gushed from Sven's neck.
Whenever he tried to say something, only blood gushed out.
He died like that, and as he did, the white fires blooming everywhere also extinguished together.
Unlike the countless people he killed, he died cooling down coldly.
It was a peaceful death compared to the sins committed.
But from Riman's perspective, he couldn't do anything more.
Because Knox was falling from 40 meters in the air right now.
"Aaaaaaaagh!! Save meeeeeeee!!"
Knox's scream cut through the empty air.
Riman looked up at Knox and grasped his position.
Knox's ability was physical enhancement utilizing mana.
…But still, falling from that height couldn't leave him unscathed.
And if Knox wasn't unscathed, it was obvious Joseph would chase Riman until he died.
So he had to save him.
Preferably in the most efficient way possible.
Riman placed his hand on the ground.
And sucked in mana again.
With a body creaking insanely with fatigue upon fatigue, he somehow wove the last magic.
Suck in, calculate, construct, and project.
Mana races along the ground, and the laws of nature respond to that distortion.
[Weight] (Gajung)
Magic of gravity enhancement.
Gravity enhanced momentarily caught the collar of Knox floating high.
Of course, if he enhanced gravity like this, Knox would just stick to the floor.
But Riman didn't do that.
After catching Knox with hypergravity, he turned the direction of gravity to twist his falling trajectory.
Then, Knox's body, which was falling almost vertically, began to draw a gentle parabola.
"Uh……?"
Knox also felt that his falling direction had changed.
A feeling of his vertically falling body bending sharply in the horizontal direction.
But that doesn't change the gravitational acceleration applied to the body.
The situation didn't change.
Only the estimated impact point changed; the damage he would suffer didn't change much.
"Oh shit……!"
Therefore, all kinds of curses toward Riman began to crawl out of his mouth.
At that moment.
'Cut.'
"What?!"
'Cut him! Since I'll save you!!'
Cut.
Riman's [Sound Transmission] piercing into his head.
At that moment, Knox understood Riman's words.
With the sword in hand, cut.
The last remaining enemy.
'Chae Hong-gyu……!'
Only then did Knox realize why Riman had changed his impact point.
Because at the newly changed impact point, Chae Hong-gyu was standing.
Meanwhile, Chae Hong-gyu didn't even know Knox was falling above his head.
Half losing his mind due to Sven's death was the first reason.
And the second reason was that because Sven died, he lost the visual information shared with Sven, narrowing his view of the battlefield significantly.
So he wasn't even aware of Knox's sword strike plunging toward him.
SWISH!
Knox drew his sword downwards from above.
Where the sword tip pointed was the crown of Chae Hong-gyu's head.
Knox descended like a thunderbolt and swung his sword toward Chae Hong-gyu.
At the same time, Riman laid [Anti-gravity] beneath Knox.
WHOOSH!
Deceleration was applied to Knox's rapidly falling body.
But the racing blade did not stop.
And only at that moment did Chae Hong-gyu lift his head to look up.
Knox, Chae Hong-gyu.
Their gazes crossed.
And finally, the sword met flesh.
SLICE.
The blade cut through skin, flesh, and bone at once.
The sensation of cutting tickled the palm riding up the sword hilt.
Blood scattered in all directions, and the body was divided.
THUD-
What was cut flew far away, and the one falling landed lightly on the ground.
"Haa, haa……."
Knox realized his body was intact and recognized that he had definitely cut the enemy's body.
The fight was over.