The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 208

From a young age, when he looked around, it was overflowing with things he could kill.

Once he saw something, he could think of how to kill it, and if he kept looking, he could figure out how to kill it.

But he had only ever thought about it in his head and had never actually killed anything.

Because the two of them didn't want that, and in this world, if you killed something, your family would also be stained with blood.

I didn't care what happened to me, but I was reluctant to stain the names of the two precious people with blood.

Therefore, I chose to quietly lock myself in my room.

I knew that this was probably not what the two of them wanted.

But that was the best I could choose at the time.

Time passed like that, and at some point, the world changed.

A game like reality appeared, and the game became reality.

In that changed world, the better you were at killing something, the more your abilities were recognized.

Therefore, like a colt with its reins loosened, I went into dungeons like crazy and immersed myself in killing monsters.

But the more monsters I caught, the more new problems arose.

The enemy was too soft.

In my head, the killing intent writhed and screamed at me to kill the enemy, shoving the method into me.

If I moved my body and spear according to it, the enemy's neck would fall to the ground.

They died too easily before I could even properly release my killing intent.

It felt like practicing punches on tofu, and I was just annoyed by the feeling of being neither this nor that.

So, at some point, my steps into the dungeon gradually withered.

I wanted to play a little more, a little more intensely, a little more crazily until I poured out everything I had, but that was impossible.

The freedom I tasted for the first time was short.

But because of that, it was impressive, and I craved that freedom even more.

How can I escape this frustration and taste that pleasure again?

When I thought about it, the answer was simple.

The enemy just has to be strong enough not to die no matter how much killing intent I pour out.

I just have to swing my spear at an enemy that makes me think of defeat, not victory.

Seuk-

Lee Shin's eyes looked at Ziz, who was now close enough to touch if he just reached out his hand.

It was strong.

So much so that it was meaningless to compare it to the guys he had seen so far, and of course, to himself.

A little while ago, [Yagong] had definitely torn through the wall of wind.

In other words, what had touched his body now was just its afterimage.

And yet, wounds as if he had been stabbed all over his body had appeared.

Can I win?

I don't know.

But the future of defeat comes to mind more than victory.

Can I kill it?

A question mark appears in my head.

The difference in power is clear, and defeat seems more certain than victory…

Strangely, the conviction that he could kill it was pounding his chest.

Kwaak-

'Well, whether I die or it dies, it's certain that I can fight more interestingly than usual, so does it matter?'

Thinking that, Lee Shin looked straight ahead.

He could see that Ziz's eyes, which had been sharp like a hawk's, were slightly rounded with surprise at him.

And for good reason.

In its eyes, he would have looked like just a small sparrow not worth dealing with.

But that sparrow had pierced through the fierce storm and eaten the wind to come this far, so it was natural to be surprised.

Now, he came this far with only the strength of a sparrow.

"So you stop this kind of joke and get serious now."

Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the king of the sky to lose to a sparrow?

Lee Shin said that to Ziz with a wide smile and swung the spear he was holding.

Seogeok-

At Lee Shin's single blow, a long cut appeared on one side of Ziz's face, including its pupil, which had been looking at Lee Shin until the last moment.

The pupil was split in half, and from between them, tears mixed with red blood flowed.

ZIAAAAAAAAA--!!!

At that pain, Ziz let out a huge roar mixed with anger and pain.

Hwiooooooo--!!!

The wind responded to Ziz's anger and raged fiercely.

The wind spewing from Ziz's body pushed everything away and tore it to shreds.

Lee Shin, with his battered body, swung his spear and deflected the attack flying at him.

With Lee Shin's current strength, it was possible to tear through a wall, but it was difficult to part a wave.

Lee Shin, who had changed the course of the wind raging at him by swinging his spear, rode the wind that had turned into a tailwind and retreated.

And he smiled.

He had to risk his life several times just to make one attack.

Even though he had swung with the intention of cutting off its head and killing it in one blow, the enemy was still full of life.

In contrast, his body had turned into a rag dripping with blood.

It was the moment of a life-and-death struggle that Lee Shin had wanted.

The corners of his mouth went up uncontrollably.

ZIAAAAAAA-!!!

Ziz looked straight at Lee Shin, who had cut its eye, and spewed out its anger.

In contrast, Lee Shin's eyes, looking at Ziz, were curved into a crescent moon.

But in Lee Shin's eyes, shining from behind them, madness and killing intent were mixed and flashing.

"I'll kill you even if I die."

Lee Shin muttered that without realizing it and then kicked off the clouds and moved again.

Something like a leather strap popped out from [Heavenly Beast's Hide] and then wrapped around Lee Shin's wounds like a bandage.

[Gray Dragon Robe] instilled vitality and regenerative power into Lee Shin's body, healing his wounds.

[Mask of the Glutton] took out the potions and elixirs Lee Shin wanted from the subspace and put them in his mouth.

Lee Shin's wounded body was healed in real time with every step he took.

Lee Shin ran towards Ziz with increasingly faster movements.

And Ziz's one remaining pupil moved, following Lee Shin.

At a single glance from Ziz, a vortex of wind was created, followed Lee Shin, raged fiercely, and then surrounded him.

In that vortex, Lee Shin stepped on the footwork.

'Flame Leaf Return Art.'

Hwareureuk-

A flame bloomed from the tip of his foot, and his whole body was engulfed in flames.

In that state, Lee Shin jumped into the vortex that was blocking his way.

Hwook-

The flame Lee Shin had created was extinguished on the spot like a candle in the wind the moment it touched the vortex.

And Lee Shin's figure, which had been inside it, had also disappeared.

Ziz, confirming that Lee Shin had disappeared, recalled the moment its eye had been cut a little while ago.

At that, as if not to be fooled this time, it quickly created wind again.

A rough wind spewed out from Ziz's whole body, and then it wrapped around Ziz's whole body and raged fiercely.

A huge storm turned into an armor of wind and protected Ziz.

Ziz, clad in an armor that simultaneously attacked and defended, stood still on the spot as if to say, 'come at me if you can'.

Therefore, it could not find it.

Lee Shin, who was grinning in the blind spot created by losing one of his upper eyes, holding a golden long spear.

"Certainly, if you wear something like that, people can't get close, but…"

The function of [Black Room], [All For One], is activated.

The hundred spears in the subspace turned into light and were absorbed into the 'Thunder Lightning Spear' held in Lee Shin's hand.

An intense lightning that seemed about to explode at any moment wrapped around the Thunder Lightning Spear.

At that, Lee Shin smiled and moved his internal energy.

-Flame Lightning Tree Spear Art

-Lightning

-Five Hundred Branches.

The golden lightning that had been spreading in all directions was woven in one direction on Lee Shin's hand, gathered, and began to be condensed.

A huge electric current, so great that Lee Shin's body, which had a huge resistance to electricity, trembled, was concentrated on a single spear.

At that moment, Ziz, who had found Lee Shin's presence, body-slammed in the direction where Lee Shin was.

"Alright, come at me, you birdbrain!"

At that, Lee Shin chose to fight back instead of running away.

He concentrated the twisted muscles of his whole body on one point, and then he exploded all that power at the tip of the hand holding the spear and threw the spear he was holding at Ziz.

Jijijijik-!

The atmosphere was split by the highly condensed lightning.

Hearing that sound, Ziz felt the eye that had been wounded a little while ago throb, and it moved the wind to deflect the spear and hastily swung one wing.

And the Thunder Lightning Spear pierced through the wall of wind and the armor and was firmly embedded in Ziz's wing.

Although it had failed to pierce the forehead, which was the original target, Lee Shin could be satisfied enough.

"I was thinking it had too many wings anyway, so that's a relief."

Kwaaaang--!!!

Simultaneously with Lee Shin muttering that, the spear embedded in Ziz's wing caused a huge explosion.

The hundred spears Lee Shin had used to strengthen it were not all of the same kind.

Among them, there was also an 'Explosion Spear' made for a special purpose like the 'Thunder Lightning Spear'.

Hwiooo-

The black smoke that had covered a part of Ziz's wing was scattered by the wind and disappeared.

And on Ziz's wing that was revealed, a hole large enough for a person to enter had been created, along with a black burn mark from the explosion's flame.

Was it because Ziz's wings, which had boasted a pure white color, were so?

The black hole on Ziz's wing looked extremely hideous.

Ziz, who had looked at its wing, stopped its body slam and looked at Lee Shin.

At that, Lee Shin tilted his head as if to say, 'why aren't you coming?' and looked at Ziz.

The emotion Ziz felt upon seeing Lee Shin's appearance was fear.

Ziz had been preciously worshipped as the divine beast of a ducal family.

On top of that, since it had been born with a huge power like a natural disaster in its body, it had never had a proper fight, nor had it had a reason to.

Therefore, it was the first time Ziz had experienced such pain.

Osak-

Ziz's eyes, looking at Lee Shin, trembled slightly.

Lee Shin, who felt that, smiled lightly.

[Ghost] was activated, and he felt Ziz's stats decrease.

"It was worth it to keep attacking so flashily."

Lee Shin, who had roughly grasped the situation, was satisfied and moved his feet towards Ziz again.

Lee Shin's body, clad in red smoke, ran towards Ziz even faster.

At that, Ziz wrapped its body with its four wings and created a shape like a long awl.

Hwiooooo--!!!

Simultaneously with Ziz wrapping its body with its wings, a storm like a waterspout raged around its body and enveloped it.

Seeing that, Lee Shin's eyes trembled slightly.

Because it was a little different from when it had created an armor by surrounding itself with wind a little while ago.

The wind spewing from Ziz slowed Lee Shin's steps.

At that moment, Ziz flapped its two pairs of wings greatly and soared into the sky.

It had recognized Lee Shin as a threatening enemy and had given up on a direct confrontation.

It would attack unilaterally, looking down at the ground from the sky with a distance.

It was a simple thought, but it was also an effective strategy.

Because the sky was Ziz's domain.

"Where do you think you're going, you birdbrain!"

The moment Ziz flapped its wings and soared into the sky, Lee Shin also stepped on the clouds with [Red Cloud Boots] and ran up into the air, chasing after Ziz.

But compared to Ziz, who was called the king of the sky, he was too slow.

In the end, when the distance was just getting wider.

ZIAAAAAA-!

Ziz, who was flying up into the sky, saw Lee Shin following it and its eyes widened.

It had never thought that Lee Shin would follow it up into the sky.

Ziz's eyes, which had widened in surprise, soon became sharp.

In them, hostility towards Lee Shin, who had entered its territory, and a sneer towards the ignorant enemy were burning.

Now, in Ziz's eyes, there was no light of ignoring Lee Shin.

Although the danger level had only risen from a fly to a hornet, Ziz wanted to erase Lee Shin's existence as soon as possible.

Woong--!!!

Unlike on the ground, the sky is a place where a rough wind always rages.

Ziz flapped its four wings greatly, gathered those winds, and created a huge sphere of wind in the air, trapping Lee Shin in it.

Lee Shin, without a chance to resist, looked at the sphere that had trapped him and hastily moved his feet to get out of this place.

Hwiooooo--!!!

But Ziz, as if not allowing Lee Shin to move, pushed him to the center of the sphere with the wind.

In the huge sphere, a storm rages, solely for the purpose of tearing Lee Shin to death.

'It's a birdbrain, but it knows how to use its head to some extent.'

At that, Lee Shin grumbled and continued to rush at Ziz.

He had thought of swinging [Yagong] with lightning, but it was like pouring water into a broken jar.

It was impossible to offset the blades of wind raging from all directions.

So, instead of wasting his strength uselessly, he had to somehow look for an opportunity.

Seeing that, Ziz compressed the prison with the intention of completely crushing Lee Shin, and the moment Lee Shin's spear could not keep up with the continuously shrinking prison of wind.

"Hoo, it's quite cold because of the clouds. I might have frozen to death if it weren't for the coat."

A voice that shouldn't have been heard was heard from Ziz's side.

Thinking that, the moment Ziz turned its head, Lee Shin was standing on the spot where the spear he had attacked with at first was embedded, looking at Ziz and smiling.

The moment he judged that he couldn't hold on, Lee Shin, who was watching the situation, had teleported with his choker.

Using the spear he had used in his first attack as a marker.

Grin-

For Lee Shin, the most important thing in this fight was to have a more smooth aerial battle.

Lee Shin's first answer to that was [Red Cloud Boots], and the other was teleportation using the choker.

Lee Shin looked at Ziz, who was looking at him, and raised [Yagong].

[Yagong] was swung, clad in an internal energy that was a mixture of red and golden.

"I'll repay what I've received a thousand times over with interest."

Ziz's feathers were cut, and its pure white wings were painted red.

(End of Chapter)