The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 102

Kung- Kung- Kung-

Tarka took off the heavy armor he was wearing one by one and threw them on the floor.

"I've heard all of your proposals. They were attractive proposals."

Just by the simple act of taking off his armor, Tarka's muscles writhed dynamically.

"Certainly, after being trapped here, we haven't had a blood-boiling battle, and we haven't eaten proper food, so our irritation is soaring."

Kekeke!

Tarka said, and continued to laugh as if something was so funny.

"But your proposal is rejected."

"Hoo, the reason?"

Tarka said, looking at the orcs around him.

"If I fight you, it seems like all the guys in our clan will die. Well, it's their lives, so it's none of my business what they do and die from..."

Kuuung-!

Tarka plunged the giant greatsword he was carrying on his back into the ground.

"I've taken on the role of clan master, albeit temporarily, but even if they want to die, they can't die in front of me."

"Temporary?"

"Yes, we were originally in one clan, and I was a great warrior there. But we were suddenly trapped in this unknown place, so I'm just temporarily taking on the role of clan master."

Tarka lightly moved his now lighter body.

"But even if it's temporary, I'm still the clan master. A clan master has the duty to protect the members of the clan. On top of that, I also covet the alcohol and meat you mentioned, so let's do this."

Grin-

"Human. Fight me instead of those guys."

Tarka, who had lifted the giant greatsword that looked overwhelming to swing even with both hands with one hand, said as he looked at Lee Shin.

It was not Lee Shin who objected to those words.

"What! Tarka! Are you trying to take away our fun!"

"We'll fight too!!! We'll win and get the alcohol and meat!!!"

"My blood has been boiling for the first time in a while!!!"

"Uwoooooo!!!"

The orcs who were surrounding them collectively objected to Tarka's words.

But Tarka didn't even listen.

"Shut up, you weaklings! If you want to blame someone, blame your pathetic skills that require you to risk your lives against this human... what's your name?"

"It's Lee Shin."

The orc who had guided Lee Shin appeared from behind Tarka, quickly said his name, and disappeared.

At that, Tarka nodded once and shouted loudly again.

"Blame your pathetic skills that require you to risk your lives against Lee Shin! If you still have complaints!"

Wooooong-

On top of the giant greatsword, the symbol of a peak martial artist, sword ki, burned fiercely like a flame.

Tarka, with the greatsword wrapped in green sword ki on his shoulder, smiled arrogantly.

"Come at me! If you can't come to your senses, I, as your clan master, will take responsibility and put that runaway spirit back in its place."

A threat, a primitive but extremely effective method.

In fact, the orcs, while grumbling that they didn't like it, eventually returned to their original places.

Lee Shin didn't know, but it was because there were more than one or two orcs who had been beaten to death by Tarka and had been bedridden.

"Good."

As the orcs quieted down, Tarka smiled with satisfaction and looked at Lee Shin.

"Now, then, Lee Shin. I ask you. Will you accept my proposal?"

"Alright. Ah, and even if you beat me, I'll give the alcohol and food to everyone, so don't worry."

Lee Shin said, and lightly rotated his spear.

Kuuuuuuuu--!!!

At the same time, Irhegue roared loudly.

[Mad Dragon] changed to its active state, and the minds of Lee Shin and Irhegue merged into one.

Lee Shin's pupils changed to Irhegue's, and his view of the world completely changed.

At the same time, a power that could be called dragon power filled his entire body.

But it was still not enough.

In Lee Shin's view, Tarka was a warrior who had reached the upper level of LV.4.

His full strength was not enough.

He needed a power beyond his limits.

'If an opponent like that is the opponent, it should be fine to go all out.'

Lee Shin's emotions were uplifted, and [Madness] flowed out fiercely, eroding his body.

The killing intent that had always been coiled up and writhing deep in Lee Shin's chest came out and began to slowly reveal itself.

Swaaaaaa--

The huge killing intent that flowed from Lee Shin's body swallowed the aura of [Madness] and turned darker and redder.

Gulp-

Lee Shin, who had subdued all the orcs around him in an instant, smiled brightly and faced Tarka.

"I'm weak, so I'll fight with the intention of killing you. So fight well so you don't die."

"Kuhahaha!!!"

At Lee Shin's absurd words, Tarka laughed loudly.

"I've fought countless beasts, but this is the first time I'm fighting a monster."

Hwoong-!

Tarka roughly swung the sword on which green sword ki was burning and beckoned to Lee Shin with his finger.

Pajijijik--!!!

At that, Lee Shin clashed with Tarka with all the power he could muster.

***

After realizing that they were trapped in a strange space without even knowing it, the first thing Tarka did as clan master was to prohibit the orcs from fighting each other.

The orcs of the clan also understood Tarka's decision and decided to follow it.

The space they were in had been separated so secretly and instantly that they, the ones involved, hadn't even felt it.

'I don't know who it is, but it's clear that a person with tremendous skill is targeting us!' was the common thought of the orcs.

So the orcs chose to conserve their strength in preparation for a battle that could happen at any time.

They had quite a bit of food, and there was water and food nearby, so there was no problem.

But as a week passed and then another month passed in that state, problems began to arise.

Their instincts complained of frustration.

As they just sat still, thinking that a fight could break out at any moment, their instincts writhed and their blood boiled, but they couldn't relieve that boiling blood.

As the orcs were getting more and more tired, a red-haired human came to their village.

As soon as the red-haired human entered the village, he loudly provoked all of them.

At the same time, he challenged all of them to a fight.

To the orcs, who were already frustrated with no way to relieve their pent-up energy, Lee Shin's one sentence was like a huge flame.

But just before their instincts exploded and they lost their reason, Tarka stepped forward and calmed all the orcs.

The orcs, while calming down at Tarka's appearance, thought that Tarka was exaggerating a little to calm them down.

To think that they could all die if they attacked him... they thought it was a gross exaggeration.

Gulp-

But when they saw the red-haired man holding his spear and seriously raising his momentum, they realized that what Tarka had said was not an exaggeration.

The blood that had been boiling to the point where he couldn't control it himself turned ice-cold.

Just by looking, he felt a cold sensation as if a knife were at his throat.

His instincts screamed loudly to run away from this place right now.

He could feel so deeply that he wanted to kill something right now and couldn't control it.

A monster with different eyes was standing there holding a spear.

***

Lee Shin, who had unfolded the Lightning Flash Step, narrowed the distance with Kruta and stretched out the spear in his hand.

-Flame Lightning Water God Spear

-Lightning

-A Hundred Branches.

Lee Shin's spear, covered in golden lightning, split into ten and aimed at Tarka.

"They're all aiming for dangerous places."

But when Tarka swung his greatsword once, all of Lee Shin's spears disappeared as if they were erased.

'As expected, this is not enough.'

Seeing his attack being broken by Tarka's overwhelming power.

Thud-

Lee Shin took a step forward, and a flame bloomed at the tip of his foot.

Flame Leaf Returning Step.

Lee Shin's figure swayed like a heat haze and scattered, turning into red leaves.

Tarka was momentarily flustered, having lost Lee Shin's presence.

"But it's clumsy."

But he quickly regained his composure, smiled confidently, and put more strength into the hand holding the greatsword.

Hwoooong--!!!

Tarka's greatsword trembled fiercely and was swung towards the place where Lee Shin had been.

And the green sword ki that was wrapping the greatsword tore through the atmosphere with it.

At that, the leaves that had been covering Lee Shin scattered in an instant as if facing a storm.

"Hmm?"

But Lee Shin was not there.

The place where Lee Shin reappeared was next to Tarka.

Tarka also noticed that immediately.

What Lee Shin had gained was just a time close to one second, a time that suited the word 'moment'.

But that was enough.

-Flame Lightning Water God Spear

-Flames

-A Hundred Leaves.

Lee Shin's spear moved, and the leaves scattered once more.

Lee Shin's spear drew a red trajectory and added strength to Tarka's greatsword.

Using the opponent's strength in reverse to break their posture and create an opening.

A method that Lee Shin frequently used.

Halt-

But an anomaly occurred.

The greatsword, which should have had its trajectory disturbed, held firm like a giant tree rooted in the ground and maintained its original trajectory.

'He's enduring this with strength?'

Lee Shin let out a chuckle in disbelief.

As if reading his thoughts, Tarka smiled.

"It seems you've only fought scarecrows who can't even use their strength until now."

The smile of an absolute being who had absolute faith in his own power.

At that, Lee Shin faced Tarka with a murderous smile.

"Don't die and last long, punching bag."

Pajijik-

Lee Shin said, and put more strength into the hand holding the spear.

Golden lightning flashed from the spear.

Hwareureuk-

A flame bloomed at the tip of Lee Shin's foot.

"...Could you use those two at the same time?"

Lee Shin answered with a fierce smile instead of words.

'Tsk, a guy who doesn't know how to develop.'

Tarka clicked his tongue, seeing Lee Shin who had hidden his presence again in the same way.

Certainly, Lee Shin's footwork was amazing even in Tarka's view.

Because even though he was concentrating, he had lost Lee Shin's position.

'But...'

Kuguguk--!

'If I can't find him, I just have to sweep away this whole area.'

Tarka's arm, holding the greatsword, expanded as if it would explode at any moment.

Tarka put that power into the greatsword and swung it.

Hwooooong-

The greatsword, on which green sword ki was burning, cut a circle around Tarka.

Then a gale raged from the place where the greatsword had been swung.

The sword wind created by the sword ki created a storm of blade winds that tore everything apart.

Grin-

Facing such a heinous thing, Lee Shin smiled brightly as if it were fun.

And he stepped into the storm without any hesitation.

Pshuk- Pshuk- Pshuk-

The skin of his entire body was slashed by the wind.

But that was all.

Thud-

The sensory ability that had been enhanced by merging with Irhegue found the flow of the wind.

Thud-

The enhanced perceptual ability processed that information.

Thud-

The enhanced physical ability reacted based on that information.

As a result, Lee Shin was able to avoid the blades of wind that were rushing towards him by a hair's breadth.

Lee Shin, who had entered Tarka's attack range, drenched in blood, smiled broadly.

Facing Tarka's dumbfounded face, he raises his spear.

Pajijijik-

The spear he is holding is wrapped in lightning.

Accelerated thoughts in a short time stretch the moment.

In the stretched time, Lee Shin concentrated.

He concentrates the power of his entire body on one point and puts his will into his internal energy.

Swoosh-

In the world that had slowed down as if it had stopped, the killing intent writhed.

The killing intent seeps into Lee Shin's eyes and tells him where he can kill Tarka.

Then, the spear moved smoothly as if it had its own ego.

The moment the smoothly moving spear stopped, Lee Shin stretched out the hand holding the spear with all his might.

-Flame Lightning Water God Spear

-Lightning

-Two Hundred Branches.

Lee Shin's outstretched spear pierces through the air and rushes towards Tarka's heart.

Puuk-

But Lee Shin's attack was only half successful.

"I almost died."

Tarka, who had felt a threat from Lee Shin's momentum, reacted in a split second and stretched out his hand, which was strengthened with fighting ki, to the place where Lee Shin was about to attack, using it as a shield.

What was pierced was Tarka's left hand.

Lee Shin's spear only left a mark on his chest.

Even though it was a perfect timing, the attack failed.

Hwoong-

But Lee Shin calmly retrieved the spear he had stretched out and prepared for the next attack.

The killing intent boils like a wildfire and wraps around Lee Shin's body.

It continuously puts the method to kill Tarka into Lee Shin's five senses.

But Lee Shin did not get drunk on the killing intent and recklessly stretch out his spear.

This was a fight to break through his own limits and a fight to find a piece to go up.

That's why Lee Shin did not get lost in the killing intent and thoroughly used it only as a weapon.

Kuhahaha--!!!

Tarka, who had noticed that the god of death had smiled in front of him a moment ago, laughed loudly.

At the same time, a dark green light wrapped around Tarka's entire body and burned fiercely.

The already strong power was amplified by the fighting ki and soared even higher.

In that state, Tarka swings his greatsword at Lee Shin's head.

A blow with tremendous power, as if a huge rock were falling.

If he received the attack, the bones of his arms and legs, which should have deflected the impact, would break.

Even knowing that, Lee Shin moved his spear towards the greatsword falling from above.

Hwareureuk-

A flame bloomed at the tip of the spear that was drawing a circle.

With Lee Shin's strength, he could not move Tarka's attack.

He had already confirmed that.

Then the answer is simple.

-Flame Lightning Water God Spear

-Flames

-Two Hundred Leaves.

'I'll chip away and deflect at the same time.'

Numerous flames bloom together at the tip of Lee Shin's spear.

Instead of scattering as usual, they gather together and exert their power.

Tik- Tik- Tik-

What falls is a huge rock, what is created is a small scratch.

But as that was done continuously and concentratedly in only one place.

Jjeo-eok--!!!

It was possible to create a small crack in the falling rock.

"Hahaha!"

Lee Shin laughed loudly.

A moment of inspiration had made what was impossible until now possible.

It had created a change in Tarka's power, which had seemed irresistible.

He pierces through the storm that would have torn him apart if he had taken a wrong step.

He stretches his spear into the tiny opening, like the eye of a needle.

And facing a life-threatening crisis, he uses everything he has to overcome his existing limits.

His skills are gradually being refined to be sharper and more keen.

In that refreshing sensation, Lee Shin felt a strange premonition.

A premonition like a conviction that he would be able to find the remaining one piece through this fight.

(End of Chapter)