The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 207

Baekhyun's head turned to one side.

He felt a presence similar to that of Leviathan and Behemoth appear once again.

At that, Baekhyun let out a hollow laugh with a face that was half surprise and half disbelief.

"It seems… just as Crowley-hyungnim warned us, that hyung really went and did it."

At Baekhyun's words, all the others held their foreheads, expressing their feelings.

They knew that Lee Shin was crazy about life-and-death battles.

No, they thought they knew.

'Still, to think he'd be crazy enough to nonchalantly bet the destruction of the Earth.'

'At least it's a relief that Alice noticed early and followed him. No, is it a relief?'

"…Oz."

"Huh? Why are you calling me?"

While they were feeling a headache from Lee Shin's sudden action, Yeonhwa, who had been thinking about something alone, looked at Oz and said.

"You get out of here and support Cheon Yuhwa's side."

"Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?"

At Oz's words, Yeonhwa pointed in the direction of Ziz with the tip of his sword.

"One mage is enough for one party. And judging by the situation, it seems only our side has five people."

Yeonhwa said, looking back and forth between Merlin and Oz.

"Since our party has two mages, it's my judgment that it would be better for one to go to that side. And since it seems an aerial battle will unfold over there, Oz seems more suitable than Merlin."

At Yeonhwa's words, Oz stared at him for a moment and then said.

"Yes, strategically speaking, it would be better for me to go… But are you confident you can win even if I leave this party?"

Oz lightly lifted her pointed hat with the end of her broom and gestured towards Behemoth with her eyes.

"The calculation was that it wasn't certain whether we could catch it even if all five of us joined forces."

"A mere pig with a big body like that can be easily cut down with a few swings of the sword."

"…Sigh, this one sometimes becomes a fool when it comes to swords."

Oz, who had let out a small sigh at Yeonhwa's words, looked at the other three.

"I'm in favor."

"I guess we have no choice."

"Well, I'll try to cover it somehow."

As the others also nodded, Oz nodded her head once as if she had no choice and lightly tapped her choker.

After confirming that Oz had moved to Cheon Yuhwa's location, Baekhyun approached Yeonhwa and smiled.

"Hyung, you're really amazing. To make the decision to send Oz-noona to that side so nonchalantly."

"Are you scared because one person is gone?"

"Eh, no way."

Baekhyun smiled fiercely and extended both his arms forward.

The bracelets on his wrists shook slightly and rang like bells, and a green third eye appeared on his forehead.

"There's such a big and sturdy punching bag in front of me, there's no way I'd be scared. On the contrary, my whole body is itching to jump out right now."

Yeonhwa, as if stimulated by Baekhyun's words, tightly gripped his sword, which was ringing with a sword cry.

"It's impossible now, but he originally planned to catch that one alone. In that case, if we don't do at least this much, we won't be able to say anything to him."

"…Do you know that?"

"What is it?"

Baekhyun said with a playful smile.

"That you're surprisingly concerned about Lee Shin-hyung."

"…Tsk, I know."

Yeonhwa inwardly added, 'I hate to admit it,' and then ran towards Behemoth's front leg.

At that, Baekhyun also smiled fiercely and rushed towards Behemoth's hind leg.

"Hah, to think the day would come when I'd use magic on such a big guy."

Merlin looked at the huge Behemoth, which should be compared to a mountain range, with enjoyment and his eyes sparkled.

"Since the size guarantees accuracy even if I shoot roughly… I'll have to try some experimental magic this time. Of course, before that…"

[Entrance of the Great Sea of Trees]

Merlin chanted a spell, sticking his wooden staff, [Branch of Knowledge], which was about the same size as his height, into the ground.

Pseuseuseuseu--

"But first, I have to tie up those feet."

Merlin's mana moved with rules, creating a phenomenon.

Numerous tree branches appeared from under Behemoth, then grew rapidly, eventually creating a huge forest.

The forest grew larger and larger, and then wrapped around one of Behemoth's legs, holding it.

'The result of preparing while those guys were performing the summoning ritual is just one leg…'

"Well, it's not bad."

"What are you muttering about."

Hercules, who was next to Merlin, said, pulling back the bow and arrow of Hercules that he had manifested with his aura.

The arrow was incomparably larger than when he had fired it at Lee Shin in the past.

But compared to Behemoth's size, it looked like just a small thorn.

"Anyway."

Crowley also knew that, so he focused his strength on creating the poison on the tip of the arrow.

"Mages, you have to admit they talk to themselves a lot… ka!"

Kigigigik--!!!

Pahaang-!

The tightly drawn bow returned to its original state, and a huge arrow soared into the sky.

At that moment, below it, two people swung their respective weapons at Behemoth's leg to draw its attention.

[Full Bloom of the Red Lotus]

[Claw that Rips the Earth]

Kwaaaang-!

For a moment, everyone's attacks reached Behemoth.

BEHAAA--

Behemoth showed no reaction to the three's attacks.

It just moved its eyes slightly and looked at them, as if it had just noticed their existence.

With eyes like looking at flies that were bothering it.

◎ ◎ ◎

Lee Shin's eyes narrowed as he looked at Ziz's wings.

'It didn't go all the way through.'

To put it in human terms, it was a wound like a small thorn stuck in a finger.

Although a 2M long spear was stuck in it, it didn't look like a big wound, as the target was the target.

'…It hurts my pride a little.'

It wasn't an attack with all his might, but it wasn't a weak attack either.

The result of such an attack was merely a small scratch.

"The word 'monster' really suits it."

-If you know that, then hurry up!

From the moment Ziz appeared, Irehgue had been baring his fangs at it and growling as if he would tear it apart at any moment.

Eliminate the one that threatens its position.

It was a sight that showed it was thinking only of that.

"Alright, alright, I was thinking of doing it too."

Lee Shin replied with appropriate words and used [Mad Dragon].

Woodeudeuk-!

He lightly rolled his neck and checked his condition.

Feeling the sensation of the muscles and bones of his whole body being transformed, Lee Shin kicked off the ground without hesitation.

The place where Lee Shin was standing was a cliff, and the distance to Ziz was too far to reach in one step, but it didn't matter.

Because it was easy to create a path of clouds in the air using [Red Cloud Boots].

He adds the force of accelerating by stepping on the clouds to the force of falling from the sky.

The more he stepped on the clouds, the more red clouds wrapped around Lee Shin, further raising the strength of his whole body.

Ziz watched that with eyes like a hawk.

The emotion contained in Ziz's eyes, looking at Lee Shin, was not the wary eyes of seeing something threatening, but the curious eyes of seeing something strange.

When Lee Shin had only one last step left to Ziz.

ZIAAAAAAAAA-!!!

Ziz, who saw [Yagong] held in Lee Shin's hand, realized that it was Lee Shin who had made the unpleasant attack a little while ago, and let out a roar mixed with anger.

Flap-!

Two pairs of wings flapped greatly to the left and right.

A single flap.

That was all, but a huge storm arose from Ziz, and the space itself was shaken, and the remains of the buildings that were left soared into the air.

Seeing that, Lee Shin smiled.

The words Raven had said to him flashed through his mind.

Leviathan, Behemoth, Ziz.

These three were the incarnations of natural disasters, as if created by concentrating earthquakes, tsunamis, and storms.

Because of that power, they had been able to be respected as the divine beasts of each family.

In other words, the current storm was not simply created by flapping its wings, but was Ziz's authority.

Grin-

And this storm was also the reason why Lee Shin had chosen this one instead of the other two.

Behemoth moves the earth, its whole body is covered in tough and hard leather stronger than steel, and its potential is literally enough to pull out a mountain range.

The compatibility between Behemoth and Lee Shin was, to put it bluntly, bad.

Because what was needed to deal with it was a single blow that could inflict great damage at once, and Lee Shin did not yet have that much power.

Leviathan rules the water, handles poison, and has countless saw-like teeth in its mouth, so if you are bitten by it, nothing can survive.

The compatibility between Leviathan and Lee Shin is not bad.

Although the power of the flame would be reduced because of its power, thanks to [Thousand Poisons Immunity], most poisons would not work on Lee Shin, and if there was water, the power of the lightning would increase on the contrary.

ZIAAAAAAAA-!!!

'But it's not as good a match as this one.'

Lee Shin looked at the huge vortex of wind created by Ziz and smiled widely, adding strength to the hand holding [Yagong].

Wiiing-

[Circle Ring]

-Unique

-An artifact made using a mineral that has the property of resonating and amplifying when a pair is gathered. It was made by the hands of an outstanding alchemist, but it is an artifact with some risk.

-[Circle of Detection] Always applied, it transmits everything that happens around to the owner's mind.

The silver ring earring on Lee Shin's ear, [Circle Ring], rotated slightly and whispered the flow of the whirlwind happening around to Lee Shin.

The flow of numerous winds blowing from the surroundings seeped into Lee Shin's mind.

An ordinary person would have had a nosebleed from being unable to keep up with the processing of the information, but the current Lee Shin, who was sharing his mind with Irehgue, processed them as if it were nothing.

-[Circle of Wisdom] Always applied, it makes the owner's thinking ability faster.

-[Circle of Protection] Always applied, it protects the owner's mind.

He receives, processes, organizes, and predicts information.

Numerous pieces of information move in his mind.

In that flood of information, Lee Shin's senses found an opening that would be created by the collision of the whirlwind after one breath.

He accelerates his body by creating a cloud with [Red Boots].

If the prediction was even slightly wrong, he would turn into a pool of blood and fall to the ground, but Lee Shin had no hesitation.

Cheolgeureok-

A golden color seeped into [Yagong], which was clad in a transparent qi.

At the same time, the appearance of [Yagong] changed, and a sharp spearhead that could tear anything was created.

Hwiooo--!!!

The whirlwind came right in front of Lee Shin.

The rough wind cut the skin that the armor did not cover.

The moment the drop of blood fell along his jawline.

Pajijijik-!

The jet-black spear in Lee Shin's hand was swung, spewing out a thunderbolt.

The wall of the storm was torn by the lightning, creating a small gap.

Hwareureuk-!

The flame ate the small wind that the lightning had torn and grew in size.

Ziz rules the wind, Lee Shin rules the lightning and flame.

Simply looking at the attributes, the compatibility between Lee Shin and Ziz was completely opposite.

Ziz's eyes widened, noticing that its attack was not only broken, but was also eaten by Lee Shin.

In its round pupils, the astonishment of being subjected to such a thing by a mere bug was reflected.

Taak-

He steps on the cloud again.

The spot where his boots touched was dyed red.

The flame that bloomed from the tip of his foot ate the wind and grew larger and larger.

Ziz, noticing that Lee Shin was about to do something again, let out a roar and spewed out wind.

Hwook-

At that, the flame Lee Shin had created was extinguished like a candle in Ziz's wind.

At that, Ziz thought that Lee Shin had failed and sneered at him.

"The chicken-pigeon is laughing."

Without knowing that this was what Lee Shin had been aiming for.

Unlike the others, for Lee Shin, the flame was not for attacking.

Hwareureuk-

The flame was nothing more than a feint to draw attention.

Grin-

"Gotcha."

The moment Ziz's attention was drawn to the flame, Lee Shin narrowed the distance to Ziz in an instant with a super-acceleration that mixed his boots and the Lightning Ray Immortal Art.

Lee Shin, who appeared in front of Ziz, smiled and swung [Yagong] in front of it.

Ziz hastily moved the wind to create a wall.

A wall hastily created in a state where its opening was aimed at and it was caught off guard.

Nevertheless, that wall was too big and thick.

But that didn't matter at all.

"Hooooo…"

He focused.

Half of his senses observed the outside, and the other half looked inside himself.

For the past two weeks, Lee Shin had focused on referring to Yeonhwa's incantations.

As a result, Lee Shin was able to improve his heart method and refine his internal energy to a higher purity.

[Flame] became [Flame], and [Lightning] was transformed into [Lightning], allowing him to produce greater power.

But just as there are advantages, there are also disadvantages, and it wasn't all good.

"I've just gotten used to it, but it's become harder to use."

Lee Shin grumbled that, and a red color began to mix with the golden color that was surrounding his spear.

-Flame Lightning Tree Spear Art

-Flame Lightning

-Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom

The last sight Ziz saw was the sight of lightning tearing the wind and flames eating the wind, blooming brilliantly.

And in that, Lee Shin, who had popped out, smiled fiercely and swung his spear at it.

(End of Chapter)