The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 272

Grind-

"Are you going to pass this off as a mistake?"

"Well, isn't that enough?"

The Sword of the Sea said with a slick voice and shrugged his shoulders.

"You must have expected from the beginning that you and I wouldn't be able to cooperate. So you must have expected a situation like this to happen to some extent, right?"

It was a shameless statement that made one's anger soar, but the Sword of the Earth did not deny his words.

As the Sword of the Sea had said, the Sword of the Earth had also expected something like this to happen in this fight, and he had even been thinking of attacking first depending on the situation.

"Let's keep it simple."

As the Sword of the Sea said that, he swung his scale-covered curved sword toward the sky.

At that, torrents of water like waterspouts shot up from the ground toward the sky.

The sight looked like magic at a glance, but it seemed too free to be defined and bound by the single frame of magic.

The torrents of water that shot up to the sky reached the clouds above, and the clouds soon grew in size, creating a heavy downpour like a strong shower.

It was a change in the local environment created by combining the church's treasured sword, the Sword of the Sea, and the outstanding aura ability of the Sword of the Sea.

The Sword of the Sea, enjoying the sensation of the heavy rain beating down on his body, said to the Sword of the Earth.

"The one who eats first wins."

Grin-

"I don't know what that guy is, but it's obvious he's not just an ordinary guy, right? It's been a while since I've been out in the field like this, so let's fight for the prize, just to get the old feeling back. How about it? Dik."

"...You still ramble on with strange words and leave out the core."

The Sword of the Earth, Dik, who heard the Sword of the Sea's words, muttered so and then his eyes flashed fiercely.

"Why don't you just say it, Giggle? That today, one of us will not leave this forest alive."

At Dik's words, Giggle curled the corners of his mouth up and smiled.

"I miss your old simple self. You were a guy overflowing with the fun of being teased."

"I naturally changed as I kept thinking about wanting to kill someone."

It was when the two were conversing and growling at each other.

The Sword of the Sea, who was conversing, swung the sword he was holding.

And parried Lee Shin's spear, which was being swung from behind.

"What, you were suddenly growling at each other, so I thought you'd forgotten about me, but it seems you were watching carefully."

"There's no way we would miss your movements."

The Sword of the Sea said so and swung his sword in the empty air, as if playing a light prank or conducting with a baton.

At that, the falling rain, the puddles of water on the ground, and the dew on the blades of grass created small ripples, as if waiting for the Sword of the Sea's command.

"A trophy to beautifully adorn our fight."

The Sword of the Sea said so and, with a smile, mouthed the word 'attack'.

All the streams of water in this space turned into large and small sharks and rushed at Lee Shin.

To put it simply, Armament is to summon something beyond imagination from one's mind into reality through the medium of aura.

Excalibur, held in King Arthur's hand, is engraved in the minds of countless people as a symbol of King Arthur.

But to some, Excalibur might not be a simple symbol, but a treasured sword with truly immense power.

To some, it might be a key with religious meaning, holding some great secret.

And to others, the words 'the promised sword of victory' will be deeply engraved along with the word Excalibur.

Therefore, even if one were to summon something with the same name through Armament, its appearance, form, and performance would vary greatly.

'I don't know what he brought out, but seeing as fish and streams of water keep popping out, is it something related to the sea?'

Lee Shin continued his thoughts, but at the novelty he had never experienced before, he smiled even as he watched the school of sharks rushing toward him.

Even though the fight was taking place on land, it felt as if he were fighting underwater.

"But you've already shown me this technique once."

Saying so, Lee Shin strongly stomped on the ground.

Flame Thunder Dyeing the World Steps.

At that, the shock that spread from the tip of Lee Shin's foot shook the Sword of the Sea's aura that had seeped into the water.

As the core within them was shocked, the creatures that had been born from the puddles and taken the form of sharks writhed in pain.

The ones that had some size managed to resist to some extent, but.

When he used the footwork once more, even the sharks with some size began to lose their form and collapse.

It was a sight of overwhelming with a perfect counter to the Sword of the Sea's technique, but Lee Shin, the one who had performed the technique, clicked his tongue in disappointment.

'Normally, it wouldn't have just trembled, but would have completely collapsed and fallen to the ground.'

"Oh, what? You could do that too?"

On top of that, the time it took to restore the collapsed form was too fast.

When the Sword of the Sea swung his sword in the empty air again, the collapsing and distorting sharks began to find their original forms and move again.

The difference in power is already severe, and there is no answer in dragging out a battle of attrition with an aura user.

Having made that judgment, Lee Shin, before the school of sharks was fully formed, stepped on the Lightning Wood Flash Steps to attack the Sword of the Sea and instantly closed the distance between them.

But rushing toward the Sword of the Sea was certainly the only breakthrough given in the current situation.

Grin-

"I usually just kill and get it over with, but I have to capture you."

It was like voluntarily jumping into the mouth of the largest and most ferocious shark.

Watching Lee Shin rush toward him, the Sword of the Sea smiled, revealing his sharp teeth, and swung his sword, cloaked in aura.

At that, Lee Shin, just as when he had deflected the Sword of the Earth's sword a moment ago, cloaked the [Yagong] in internal energy, enhanced it once more with [White Moon Fills the Night], and then swung his spear.

The thought that its power was weaker than the Sword of the Earth's sword aura, and that it was more manageable than before, crossed Lee Shin's mind.

But that was only in comparison to the Sword of the Earth's sword; it was certainly sharper than Lee Shin's spear ki.

At that, just as Lee Shin was about to deflect the Sword of the Sea's attack as he had before.

"Where do you think you're going?"

The scariness of an aura user comes from the endless means they possess.

The moment Lee Shin's spear and the Sword of the Sea's sword clashed, the aura cloaking the Sword of the Sea's sword moved and changed its form.

The Sword of the Sea's aura, which had changed its form from a sharp sword like a fang to something like the leg of a giant octopus, moved along the spear and tried to capture Lee Shin.

At the same time, the countless raindrops that were falling, enveloping the two, changed their form into sharp needles and aimed at Lee Shin.

He can't use footwork.

There is no time for that, and if he were to lift one foot to use footwork now, he would be pushed back in the power struggle with the Sword of the Sea.

Therefore, Lee Shin urgently used one of the skills he had obtained upon coming to this world, [Lightning], and emitted lightning from his entire body.

At that, the dense rain of needles that was pouring down on Lee Shin could not overcome the lightning and its form collapsed again.

But Lee Shin's expression was still stiff.

"Now this is really interesting."

He had dealt with the attack that was coming for him, but thanks to that, the Sword of the Sea's restraint that was wrapping around him had become even stronger.

Lee Shin tried to break free somehow, but the Sword of the Sea was holding onto the center of Lee Shin's spear shaft and not letting go.

"Now, let's talk slowly about what other abilities you have while receiving some water torture in a chair later."

At the same time as the Sword of the Sea's words, the legs of a giant octopus shot up from under his feet and tried to coil around Lee Shin's two legs.

At that, Lee Shin clicked his tongue and threw his body into the air to avoid the tentacles.

At that, the Sword of the Sea smiled and was about to swing the tentacle holding the spear shaft to slam Lee Shin onto the ground.

The sound of something falling reached the Sword of the Sea's ear.

It was the sound of Lee Shin breaking the [Yagong] he was holding in his hand in half to escape from the Sword of the Sea's restraint.

Lee Shin, who had escaped from the restraint in a way the Sword of the Sea had not expected, threw his body and rushed toward the Sword of the Sea in reverse.

"Keuk!"

The Sword of the Sea, who had let his guard down after seeing Lee Shin jump into the air, widened his eyes and urgently raised his sword as Lee Shin rushed at him, swinging the broken weapon.

Flinch-!

But at that moment, the Sword of the Sea felt the presence of a spear leisurely approaching from the side to cut off his head.

It was not real.

It was just an illusion created by Lee Shin emitting his killing intent.

A simple trick that is sometimes used in real battles, but does not work on those who have reached a certain level.

But that technique, when combined with Lee Shin's incredibly dense killing intent, finally revealed its true value.

The Sword of the Sea's body realized that what was approaching from his side was a fake created using killing intent.

And yet, it froze for a moment.

Fortunately, perhaps because he was wearing his Armament, he was not bound by the curse of killing intent for a long time like before and was able to break free quickly.

But he had failed to completely dodge the attack.

The Sword of the Sea looked at Lee Shin's spear, which had scraped his chest, and asked.

"Isn't that a precious weapon? Is it okay to just break it like that?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Lee Shin said so and lightly brought the two halves of the [Yagong] back together.

Then, the broken Yagong, as if it had never been broken into two, stuck back together and returned to its original state.

It had repaired itself using [Black Night].

Watching the absurd sight, not only the Sword of the Sea, but also the Sword of the Earth, who had been watching the fight from a distance, let out a hollow laugh.

"Does a strange guy use a strange weapon too?"

The Sword of the Sea, who had muttered so, stroked the mark on the chest part of his armor and said.

"I'm looking forward to what else I can get if I catch you. Is there anything more?"

Grin-

Lee Shin, feeling the large amount of power flowing in from the Sword of the Sea through [Demonic Ghost], said with a smiling face.

"If you can catch me, that is.”

(End of Chapter)