novelraw Chapter 122 : Chapter 122
Chapter 122 : Chapter 122
Chapter 122: Yaksha Style
[Hundred Night Yaksha]
[Body Transformation: 0.31%]
Looking down at my viciously twisting arm, I was momentarily dazed by the message that appeared.
But now is not the time to be idle.
THUD-!
I kicked off immediately.
I closed the distance in an instant and felt the power rising from within my body.
There was only one thing I had to think about right now.
Beyond the opened armor of the Guardian Colossus, that point where it was gathering energy.
That spot where the hard armor had opened was its weakness.
‘Now.’
Intense heat rose from my palm.
Black flames flickered along the hand gripping the sword and up my forearm.
The flames, persistently and greedily soaring, swallowed the sword whole.
The Guardian Colossus’s gaze turned towards me.
It seemed to be hurrying more to gather energy as well, but.
There was no reason to hesitate. I thrust the sword just like that.
SWISH-!
Burning the air, grotesque flames were molded.
SLASH-!
A giant line was drawn as if brushing the empty air.
[Yaksha Style: Flame Annihilation Night Light]
Heavy sword energy extended in a straight line.
Black flames burning the air dug into the guy’s core.
VROOOM-!
Immediately, a heavy noise burst out.
A vibrating sound resonated as if energy was fluctuating and resisting inside the Guardian Colossus.
But that struggle was only for a moment.
Fleeting silence settled.
FLARE-!
Hot air rose as if it would melt even my lungs.
Black flames seeped into the Guardian Colossus’s interior just like that and encroached upon it.
CRACKLE-!
Flames burst, spewing heat in all directions.
With the air twisted, sparks flew roughly.
The flames, with the momentum to burn everything.
Spread violently as if to swallow even itself, covering the Guardian Colossus’s body.
“Wooooooo-!”
A resonance leaked from deep within the Guardian Colossus’s body.
A bizarre sound, partly like a scream and partly like a cry.
The flames covering its body also burned even more fiercely.
THUD-!
I spun around once and landed lightly on the ground.
Keeping my body upright, I fixed my gaze forward.
‘It definitely got stronger than last time.’
The destructive power of Yaksha Style exceeded expectations.
This might work, I held my breath and observed the enemy’s movements.
Inside the Guardian Colossus’s chest armor.
The magic power that was gathering densely there to form a sphere was swallowed by black flames and began to burn away.
The black flames burned even more fiercely using that magic power as fuel.
It was a sight where the flame itself seemed to devour magic power itself.
‘It’s working.’
The Guardian Colossus remained stopped while completely engulfed in black flames.
There is no movement at all.
If the Guardian Colossus falls like this, the door will open.
I looked at the guy and the door alternately.
There were no special changes yet.
The Guardian Colossus was burning engulfed in fierce flames, and the door was still firmly locked.
At that time when blood-drying moments passed.
DING-!
[‘Settlement’ begins.]
It started.
Burning pain rushed in all at once as if my whole body caught fire.
“Keugh……!”
I instinctively grit my molars.
Chest, abdomen, limbs.
A sensation of burning hot rushed in along my whole body.
I felt as if I had become a candle.
A candle where my whole body was made of wicks.
Even the air flowing into my lungs was hot.
The act of inhaling itself became pain.
My skin stung as if being seared, and my muscles convulsed and squirmed.
I thought my bones might melt too if I stayed like this.
The ‘Settlement’ didn’t stop there.
Because flames were rising over my body before I knew it.
‘To go so far as seeing hallucinations.’
Of course, I know it’s not real.
Since settlement pain is merely pain.
However, because of the hallucination that emerged interlocking with vivid sensations, the illusion looked like truth.
Flames dug into the surface of my body, and heavy heat rushed deep into my internal organs.
As the heat reached my head, my vision shook.
‘……Endure.’
The moment I lose consciousness, it’s over.
I clenched my teeth enough to make my gums numb.
The Guardian Colossus hasn’t fallen yet.
Although its form was distorting within the black flames, the guy was still standing.
‘I’m going to last longer, than that bastard.’
Die quickly and open the door. Damn it.
A scream lingered within my clenched teeth.
However, human affairs never flow as expected.
VOOOM-
A low-pitched vibration rang from the Guardian Colossus.
It was the first reaction shown since being engulfed in flames.
The identity of the low trembling was revealed soon.
The guy was gathering energy again.
A vortex rose once again in the core revealed with the chest armor flipped open.
‘What is it trying to do?’
It was the moment a question arose.
“……Crazy.”
A dejected sigh burst out on its own quickly.
Black flames, the flames of Flame Annihilation Night Light I fed the guy were slowly being sucked into its center.
‘Absorbing the flames?’
It’s an unbelievable sight, but it was reality.
The Guardian Colossus began to condense the flames into its core.
The flames that were billowing fiercely covering the guy’s body gradually subsided.
Embers flickered here and there, but there was no ferocious momentum like just before.
Black flames condensed in the guy’s core, which reminded me of a knothole in a tree, were gathered in a sphere.
CLUNK-!
Then the Guardian Colossus’s body trembled and moved.
Raising the axe slowly, the guy approached towards me.
‘No way.’
That guy is fundamentally made of wood.
Although it cannot be called ordinary wood, it at least has a weakness to fire attribute.
That is why I drove in Flame Annihilation Night Light.
That firepower was stronger than I expected, and I even thought this might be enough.
But that bastard.
Sucked the flames into the core just like that and absorbed them?
A sphere of flames flickered inside the core.
Moving heavy steps, the guy’s body shook.
And intermittently, flames from the core burst outward.
‘……No, it didn’t absorb it.’
The condensed flames inside the guy’s core were shaking unstably.
I could know soon. The guy was merely holding onto the flames.
A state where it just temporarily bound them to reduce damage.
The problem is, even so, there is nothing particular I can do.
As a result, the guy found a way to reduce damage.
Even if it looks difficult, it is moving its body and getting closer to me gradually.
The axe held in the guy’s hand looked more threatening than ever.
Embers scattered long and burned over the axe blade.
The guardian protecting the sanctuary began to look like a demon walking out of hellfire.
With such a guy in front, I was dying on my own due to the recoil of Yaksha Style.
CLANG-!
With the axe shouldered, the Guardian Colossus approached right in front of my nose before I knew it.
“Woooo-”
The guy’s sound rang out again.
It was strange.
Right now I wasn’t mimicking a guardian.
Yet for some reason, I felt like I understood the meaning of the sound the guy was making.
[Eliminating error.]
BANG-!
A dust cloud rose from the axe slammed down.
WHOOSH-!
My body flew through the air.
It was more correct to say I was bounced off rather than dodged.
Although the Guardian Colossus’s axe aimed precisely at the crown of my head.
[Mimicking ‘Cat’.]
[Body Transformation: 100%]
Thanks to momentarily mimicking a cat and reducing my body size, I could avoid a direct hit.
“Meow-!”
But that was only for a moment.
[Mimicry is released.]
My body returned to original again.
If my condition isn't normal, maintaining mimicry also becomes difficult.
Knowledge increased.
The Guardian Colossus hesitated for a moment but soon turned its head towards me again.
That gaze felt somewhat chilly.
CLANG-
The axe blade shone softly receiving the faint light of the altar.
Crushing pressure.
The guy has no intention of stopping.
Eliminate the intruder, that strong will was conveyed.
“Cough!”
Hot metallic taste filled my mouth.
I spat out blood just like that.
The Moonlight Stone in my embrace announced its presence heavily.
I came here for this, and I’m about to die because of this.
If I do nothing, I die just like this.
If I grasp even a sliver of possibility, I can live.
Then the answer was decided.
‘……Only way is to do it, one more time.’
Hesitation was only brief.
DING-!
[Purchasing ‘Fatigue Recovery Potion’. (-5,000SP)]
[Purchasing ‘Fatigue Recovery Potion’. (-5,000SP)]
[Purchasing ‘Fatigue Recovery Potion’. (-5,000SP)]
I ordered 3 Fatigue Recovery Potions at once.
It was the maximum amount drinkable at once.
Beyond that, the recovery effect drops significantly.
Moving as much as possible with staggering steps, I grabbed the bottles and twisted the caps open just like that.
GULP, GULP-
Swallowed in an instant.
The liquid going down the esophagus conveyed a uniquely cool sensation.
Hands are still trembling, but breathing became a bit easier.
“Ha…….”
The hand gripping the sword shook violently.
‘The moment I let my guard down, I die.’
Instinct warned.
In front of that, I gripped the sword firmly with both hands.
‘It’s the first time using it consecutively.’
Anxiety hovered.
Just using Yaksha Style once causes pain as if the body is exploding and the mind collapses, but using that twice in a row?
‘……Will pain I’ve never experienced even once come.’
I couldn't know.
It was an unknown realm even for me.
But there was one thing certain.
‘I have no choice but to do it.’
CRACK-!
My hand changed viciously.
Pale skin spread from forearm to fingertips.
Muscles twisted and white veins protruded over the skin, pulsating.
[Hundred Night Yaksha]
[Body Transformation: 0.33%]
‘0.33?’
It feels like something rose very minutely.
That thought passed briefly.
“……!”
Power surged as if exploding.
Sharp sensation penetrating through bones and rising up.
Digging through blood vessels, it was heating muscles roughly.
Gradually, the world looked different.
The scenery in all directions seemed to be peeling off its outer shell one by one.
Over the outer skin of the Guardian Colossus standing in front of my eyes, countless trajectories were revealed like veins.
All of them connected with dots and lines, becoming respective paths.
Path of the sword existing solely for the sword to pass.
‘I see it.’
Among them, the moment one chilly trajectory became clear in my vision.
[Yaksha Style: Heavenly Demon’s Night Slash]
The sharp blade leaving the scabbard drew a large arc.
Chilly sword energy flashed, cutting the empty air.
SLASH-
The sound of air splitting burst out briefly.
The Guardian Colossus stopped its motion abruptly.
That giant body stiffened subtly, stopped like a broken clock hand.
A fleeting moment passed.
A gap that felt very short, yet simultaneously as long as eternity.
That moment when silence swept past.
CRUNCH-
The Guardian Colossus’s giant body split exactly in two.