novelraw Chapter 183 : Chapter 183
Chapter 183 : Chapter 183
Chapter 183 : It's a Big Catch!
- Spirit Arts were originally created for beings like ‘us’…….
That truth, which he realized on his own and Imadi confirmed, made him realize another fact now, in front of an enemy difficult to estimate even after evolving once more.
‘I don't need things like the enlightenment of Spirit Arts.’
The truth told by his soul, whose rank rose through the fifth evolution.
If the soul and body just support it sufficiently, he can evolve Spirit Arts to a level befitting that.
‘I can do it!’
With that realization, the body and soul strengthened through the fifth evolution naturally raised the rank of his Spirit Arts.
- Kyaaaaa.
- Kkareureu.
Udeudeudeuk.
As the spirits of metal flocked and responded to the mana of the world.
His naturally evolved vitality and rising mana further strengthened his combat power.
That wasn't the end.
The Half Seven-Star had even suggested a new path on top of that.
- Many spells were not necessarily needed.
- Just a firm will is enough, but…….
- I was swept away because my will was lacking.
- Combining spells is also one method…….
There's no need for new spells.
Giant's Blade & Iron Wall, Fusion Spell. ‘Giant’.
Fortunately, metallic corpses that could serve as materials were scattered all over the place.
Muno, who instantly reached the stage of 4-Class Spirit Arts, gathered them as guided by the instinct of the Demon Devourer and combined them into his armor, which could be called his exoskeleton.
The result.
Kwadeudeudeuk.
The ‘Blade’ he was holding in his hand became the center of the new spell and was sucked into the armor.
And that armor began to swell more than twice its size just like that.
Muno, who clung to the black robe's barrier, turned into a giant nearly 4m tall in an instant.
“Kueueueueue.”
A beast-like cry burst out from inside the helmet where a gray flame resided instead of a human head.
Kwadeudeudeuk.
Orange mana flames blazed on his hands, feet, and chains that swelled as much as his enlarged bulk, pressuring the black robe's barrier.
Kkwadeudeudeudeuk.
Kwajik. Kwajik.
‘Weight is power.’
Just as the power a child barely over 1m and a giant of 2m can exert is not merely double.
The giant in black armor, swollen more than twice its original bulk, boasted power on a different dimension from just before and began to crush the black robe's barrier.
[Ha? What……?!]
When the green flame inside the hood wavered again and a flustered voice was heard.
[Break.]
Muno's voice, having swallowed the Demon Devourer, resonated through the armor.
And as if responding to it.
Kwajijijik.
The black robe's barrier shattered.
The giant knight's gauntlets and chains dug inside.
However.
[You bastard!!]
Jjiiiiiiiiiiing!
Soon, a wave of magic power spread out from the black robe.
That torrent of power couldn't deal any damage to Muno and rather added vitality, but it was enough to make the opponent flinch for a moment.
In that gap.
“Kyaoooooh!”
The giant gorilla, arriving a step late, swung its large fist as if to crush Muno and the black robe simultaneously.
Kwaaaaaang!
Kuuung.
[Kuk!?]
Muno, who suddenly became a shield for the black robe, was hit by that fist and crashed just like that.
The main body inside the swollen armor didn't receive a big impact, but.
The black robe dodged taking advantage of that short opening, and Muno's senses, which replaced his vision by reading the flow of mana and demonic energy, missed the biggest enemy.
And.
[Damn it……!]
He tried to raise his body again, but.
“Guoooooh!”
Kwaaaaaang!
The enraged giant gorilla's foot trampled him just like that.
Uuuuuung.
Even if he became much bigger than before, his bulk was no different from a child compared to the King Kong-like giant gorilla.
At that moment, Muno wrapped an iron chain around the guy's large foot and broke its balance.
“Kao……?”
Kuuung.
The stumbling giant gorilla fell just like that.
The chains and armor, whose contact area increased and suction power strengthened as much as they grew, began to suck the giant gorilla's demonic energy like a lightning bolt.
Kwakwakwakwakwa.
‘It works. It's possible.’
The Red Heart, the center of the giant armor, and the core of the gray flame did not reject the absorbed demonic energy.
Rather, as if supporting the power of the Demon Devourer from behind, they urged the absorption of demonic energy, and as soon as that demonic energy was converted into mana, they used it again as an energy source to maintain the ‘Giant’ spell.
“Kyaaaaa…….”
When the giant gorilla, which became thin and reduced to half its size in an instant, screamed pitifully.
‘Mm?’
The entire space where Muno was located exploded.
Kkwaaaaaaaang!
A shock that shook the armor.
But as long as its source was demonic energy, it couldn't deal a big impact to the current Muno.
[Thrilling, isn't it?]
Kuuung.
Orange flames began to burn again on the entire body of the giant armor.
Maintaining that huge body wasn't solely due to the spell of Spirit Arts; Muno's secret technique ‘Brute Strength’ was also already activated.
However, since his bulk was huge, using acceleration as well was impossible.
[Being so damn slow, what can you do to me?]
As the black robe said, it was unreasonable to catch up to movements like a ghost.
But then.
[I'm not alone, you know?]
As if responding to those words, two knights wearing red armor rushed like lightning toward the black robe who revealed himself again.
“Ha!”
“Taap!”
Beonjjeok.
A blue light starting from the middle-aged knight's longsword split the space where the black robe was vertically.
Karina's rapier, appearing as if she expected it in front of the black robe who dodged that, drove in countless thrusts.
An attack as if dozens of hands were thrusting toward a single point in succession.
That attack created a definite change different from before.
Precisely.
Jjiiiiiik.
The black robe's side was torn long, and it began to leak black smoke.
‘Not blood……?’
It was a slightly disappointing result, but.
[These bastards dare!?]
A voice clearly containing bewilderment flowed from the black robe who hastily floated into the air.
Since the guy revealed himself, a voice that seemed to contain sincerity for the first time.
[Not yet!]
Kuuung.
“Kkikki!”
“Keureuk!”
“Kyao!”
At that time, ignoring the baby gorillas moving the giant gorilla that had become a rag, Muno ran toward the black robe just like that.
Kung-kwang Kung-kwang.
As his bulk increased, he was clearly slower than before, but.
Instead.
Chwareureureureuk.
The iron chains, which could be called his other hands and feet, also became that much larger and longer.
Right after the four extending strands of iron chains pounced on the black robe in the air, the giant, stronger and sturdier than how slow he became, rushed toward the enemy as if blocking the front of the red knights.
‘I will block the guy's magic and restrict his actions.’
Muno watched the guy's movements, accurately recognizing what he had to do now.
But
[……The appearance has become ridiculous.]
As the black robe stroked his torn side, even the leaking smoke disappeared.
[I will end this experiment here.]
The moment that hand extended toward him just like that.
‘Huh?’
Everything around him stopped.
Kuuuuuuuung.
[Eek!?]
Himself rushing toward the black robe, Karina, the middle-aged knight, and even some baby gorillas.
They were frozen in that posture.
‘What the?’
It wasn't demonic energy that restricted his movements.
‘Air?’
Massive magic power moved the air, binding him without directly touching his entire body.
[If you eat magic, I just have to use a different medium. It's a simple application.]
To the black robe's voice regaining composure, Muno answered by gritting his teeth.
And.
‘Kkeueueueung.’
Kuuung.
He succeeded in breaking some of the air's restraint and taking another step.
That seemed to surprise the black robe a little more.
[You are much trickier than I thought. Since I have to use a medium like imitating a disgusting Spirit Master, efficiency drops too……. If you annoy me any further, I might just kill you, bastard.]
The enemy's intense annoyance was proof that he was doing it right.
Muno exerted strength to advance again, trying to absorb the surrounding demonic energy with all his might.
Kuuung.
The giant advancing another step.
Kwadeudeuk.
The chains that seemed bound in the air also extended a little further toward the guy.
[This guy……!]
The bewilderment contained in the voice.
It was clearly felt that the demonic energy within the guy's domain was decreasing by nearly 30% compared to the beginning.
Even after doing this much, it's 30%; he felt hopeless again, but compared to the beginning when it didn't even show, it was a tremendous improvement.
So.
‘Just a little more…….’
The moment he tried to exert even more strength.
[If you resist more, I will kill these guys first.]
The middle-aged knight and Karina with pale faces floated into the air following the guy's hand gesture.
Uuuuung.
“Keuk!?”
“Kkeueue…….”
As Muno hesitated at their suffering appearance, a placating voice followed.
[Honestly, no matter how much you absorb magic, killing you isn't difficult. But your talent is too precious for that. If you agree to follow me quietly, I will spare these guys.]
The black robe thrusting the suffering allies right in front of the giant's eyes.
‘Damn it…….’
The moment he gritted his teeth in a situation where he couldn't do this or that.
‘Mm?’
He felt something starting to dig in from far beyond the guy's domain.
And as soon as he felt it.
Beonjjeok.
A pure white beam of light struck the black robe floating in the air.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
- Kyaaaaaaaak!
When a miserable demonic shriek resonated in that spot a half-beat late.
Muno felt the restraint binding his entire body disappear.
‘Well done, Lauel!’
A thrill piercing from the top of his head to the tips of his toes.
Kung. Kwang. Kung. Kwang.
Muno ran toward the guy feeling liberation with his whole body.
Before that.
Beonjjeok.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
The middle-aged knight's single strike, regaining freedom, became a blue ray of light again and split the space.
Pushushusyuk.
Karina, who jumped up again before anyone knew, became a streak of blue meteor and pierced the air.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
‘Got him!’
The black robe bouncing off powerlessly with an explosion, no, the skinny figure of a human revealed through the torn robe.
Toward him, Muno's iron chain extended.
‘I won!’
The moment he felt victory approaching right before his eyes.
‘……Huh?’
Muno felt the guy's domain shrinking rapidly.
The feeling that the massive demonic energy wrapping around a 1km radius was flocking to the black robe's body in an instant.
And.
[Can't be helped. I will tear you apart and take you as a corpse.]
Along with a chilling voice.
Kwajik.
The skinny mage's body suddenly swelled up, tearing the robe completely and popping out.
Chak.
The mage, who twisted his body like an acrobat in the air and landed.
“Kueu. To think you made me show even this appearance. You bastards, I will cut you into pieces.”
Before anyone knew, he had turned into a lanky humanoid monster nearly 2m tall.
A monster with an old man's face but strong-looking legs twisted with reverse joints and hands like long blades.
“First, the useless ones.”
Beonjjeok.
Inside the dark forest, that monster's blade moved slightly.
Powerful demonic energy fluctuated.
‘Heup!’
Chwareureuk.
As the reflexively extended iron chain blocked the demonic energy heading toward Karina and the middle-aged knight, a giant flame brightly illuminated the dark forest and scattered.
Kwaaaaaaaaang!
At that moment.
“This first.”
Jjeoeoeok!
[Kkeuk……!?]
The monster, who jumped into the air before anyone knew, cut off the extended iron chain in a single breath.
Kuuung.
When the thick iron chain, cut easily like a lie, fell to the ground.
“I will cut off your limbs first. Die slowly in regret.”
Beonjjeok.
The old man's eyes shone green.
‘This won't do.’
The moment Muno, who couldn't recognize that movement in time, gave up the giant spell and quickly returned to his original bulk.
- It's a big catch!! Kuhahahaha!
A familiar voice was heard from the air, and a golden lightning bolt struck down.