“Why do you say that you will kill me very openly? It looks like you could do that.”
It's not that he is not, Kaio's eyes really saying that. To the point where he was trembling even if he deliberately sarcastic to make Jin more angry.
Jin smiles on the outside, but his mouth was dry.
'You can't even play a villain. This one is scary.'
Jin came to Laprarosa to clean up the chaos, regained all his strength, and gained further enlightenment through battle god fusion. Jin never thought he would be so deeply and heavily pressured by Kaio's 'fighting spirit'.
Jin knew from before that Kaio is one of highest level battle king of the Plutonian tribe.
Even when the opening ceremony was held with the battle god fusion, all the fighting kings fought with the assistance of Kaio.
Kaio assisted everyone with a single bow, and that arrow was the most difficult and threatening attack even with battle god fusion.
“The 22nd match, begin.”
At the same time as Vahn's words ended, thunderbolts gathered like a storm in Kaio's great bow 'God Killer'.
[T/L:- 신살(神煞):- God Killer(神-God, 煞- to kill).]
Energy also gathered in Sigmund, but it was a little later than Kaio.
It was a difference that could only be recognized at the minimum level of battle king. The moment the blade and arrows collided, the ordinary warriors recognized that the two had attacked at the same time.
It was heavy.
The feeling was completely different from Teto, Garmund, Palem, and Dalpir, whom Jin had competed before.
Especially in the previous two matches, even though Jin lost, he thought that the result might have been different if he used the Plutonian Reign Sword to the limit.
This time, Jin was sure from the first blow. As of right now, Jin can never beat Kaio in 'normal fight'.
'It seems that if I continue to train, I will see possibilities.'
At the current rate of growth, it won't take very long. The sense of battle god fusion is growing Jin rapidly day by day.
Bang-!
A blunt impact shook his body whenever he parried the arrows that flew in a series of shots.
As if there was no need to check your opponent moves, Kaio was pushing Jin with all his might from the start.
Jin was barely following his flow and keeping pace with him. In the eyes of the ordinary warriors, it seemed like a close match, but the battle kings had already judged that the victory had passed to Kaio.
No wonder.
Even the ordinary warriors, who felt that the two were fighting on an equal footing, considered the 22nd match to be a battle with a pre-determined outcome.
'It's a matter of time. At this level of momentum, brother Jin has no choice but to get tired quickly.'
‘I hope brother 10th battle king doesn’t hurt brother Jin too much…….’
There are those who insist that Jin must take another test with the other battle kings as the heir, and those who see him as the confirmed successor.
Everyone was worried about it. When Kaio said “an accident might happen”, it wasn’t only heard by Jin.
“Didn’t you say you could definitely defeat me? It’s disappointing.”
“Why don’t you shoot one more arrow while you have time to talk? You are still holding on...… Kut!”
The arrow broken and a bolt of lightning pierced Jin’s left arm. The shards, which were embedded deep enough to touch his bones, were not accidental, and Kaio did this intentionally.
It wasn't that Jin broke the arrow, but it was 'Scatter'(散矢). [Kaio’s battle king special move]
Unlike the mana cannon's explosive-type bullets, all of the dozens of fragments of Kaio's Scatter moved according to his will.
At the opening ceremony, Jin did not experience Kaio's scatter.
At the time, in order to pierce Jin's thunderbolts, which was enhanced by battle god fusion, it was necessary to concentrate the destructive power to one point to the limit, so he didn’t used this ability.
Besides, while during 3 wins, he didn't take it out on the other brethren, so it was a completely unexpected attack for Jin.
A shrapnel that had dug into his left arm was dislodged, and Jin was bleeding profusely. Then, in the second round of scatter, Jin had no choice but to take another blow to the injured area.
'It's no joke.'
It takes great skill to change the situation.
However, Kaio did not allow Jin even the slightest amount of time. He had fought against countless opponents, but it felt like Kaio was the first one who didn't even give him a chance to catch his breath.
He can't close the distance.
Kaio ran like the wind and fired arrows from all directions. It seemed like not one person but about 10 archers were shooting wildly.
'Compared to this, Yulian's thunderbolt Harmilla is cute.'
Rather, it felt like an archer with the power of a storm god.
[T/L:- 폭풍신 :- Storm god. (폭풍- storm, 신- god)]
Even if Jin succeeded in defending incoming arrows with difficulty, whenever an opening was found, scatter exploded, so Jin could hardly get out of this situation.
Jin changed his sword.
“Ultimate shadow Sword? Ah, now that I see it, Brother Jin seems to have believed in it. Yes, that sword is a bit dangerous.”
Having said that, Kaio immediately increased his firepower even further.
Jin's shadow sword ultimate technique, that even blocked Lingling's senses, was not released.
It was because the curtain of shadow force that was trying to color the main hall was being torn apart by Kaio’s thunderbolt.
It didn't work at all. The accuracy of the bow decreased due to the obstruction of vision, and a considerable amount of thunderbolts wasted in pushing out the shadow force.
“Brother Jin, you know very well that there is no point in buying time like this.”
Every time Jin thought that it would stop at this point, the firepower of the god killer increased.
In the end, Jin couldn't fully use the ultimate technique of the shadow sword, and had to replace the shadow force technique with magic sword technique.
Even that wasn't perfect. Like a ship caught in a storm, Jin’s whole body was shaken by the shock, and he could not perform any technique properly. He couldn't even borrow the most important power of Tess.
Even so, the flames showed great power. He set the arrow on fire, pushed the thunderbolts out and spread it, and even attacked Kaio.
At that moment, the formidable enemy that popped into Jin's mind was Hedo, the Tower master of the White Night. The unsteadily unfolding fire had as much destructive power as the moment he hit the Hedo in the Sota Desert.
And, just like Hedo did at that time, Kaio showed his strength to shake off the blue flames without difficulty.
If Tess's power was added and fully used, even Kaio wouldn't have been able to take it so easily.
However, in combat, the assumption of ‘if’ is meaningless.
Because of this, Kaio did not feel much threat from Jin's flames.
Suaak-!
Dark swords were erupting between the blue flames. Kaio gracefully evaded the sword and began to close the distance with Jin.
It's not because he belittles Jin enough to give up the advantage of dominating from distance. Rather, he thought to finish this fight more reliably.
The closer he gets, the more the destructive power of god killer is multiplied. The lightning that engulfed the entire main hall was converging towards Kaio as he got closer.
It was like tightening your grip. Even though the area encroached by Kaio's thunderbolts shrunk, Jin couldn't spread his energy there. A stronger force continues to suppress Jin.
The shadow force curtain, that had been spread out in front of him, had been pierced.
As if the final line of deterrence had collapsed, Jin had to endure the thunderbolt of god killer, which had begun to seep into it.
Maintaining an absurdly advantageous state while eroding the opponent's territory with thunderbolts is one of the characteristics of the Plutonian reign sword. Kaio's technique resembled that.
Swoosh-! Tak!
While frantically blocking the arrows, scatter exploded again. With the third burst, Jin felt his vision darken for an instant.
Eye.
The two fragments stabbed Jin in both eyes.
Thanks to Multa's runes and protective shield, he wasn't really stabbed, but his head rang to the point where he was dizzy.
“You won’t be able to stop the next one, will it be okay? Brother Jin? It seems better to shout for help.”
Ten steps, the distance between Jin and Kaio narrowed to that point.
Just like Kaio said, Multa's rune was completely torn on the eyes side.
A chill ran down to Jin’s spine and a cold sweat broke out. The instant his eyes were damaged, it could never be restored, even with Boras' healing power.
It was impossible to know for outsiders exactly how the battle between the two was going because of the lightning and shadow curtain.
Even if Jin really loses both eyes, it is just an 'accident'.
Jin heart pounded like crazy.
‘If I step back, I will never be able to achieve what I set out to do.’
Great war of battle kings, a fight to determine the heir of the battle god.
In that fight, all members of the Plutonian tribe risk their lives. Compared to that, eyes were not expensive.
It was even more so when he thought of it as a price to unite his brethren by becoming a villain.
“You are weak. If it were me, I would take your eyes right away without telling you that, Kaio.”
“I think so too.”
Kaio let go of the bowstring he had drawn.
Then, along with the thunderbolt hanging from the bow, all the arrows erected here and there like pillars, and pierced at Jin at once.
Even if they were covered by lightning and shadow force, it was a movement so large that all of the brethren outside could recognize it.
The Plutonian tribesmen flinched and let out a sigh.
“In the end, brother 10th battle king……!”
“Damn it, you don’t have to do that! You could have made him incapable of combat!”
“This isn’t it. Sister battle god, we must intercede!”
"It's already too late...… As brother 10th battle king said, Brother Jin should have declared giving up the match before this happened. Either we went out first and stopped it.”
Aaaah-!
Jin let out a scream in a cracked voice.
The accident finally happened.
After ten seconds. The explosion was subsiding, as if all the great forces that had shaken the hall were false.
After everything was cleared, what Plutonian tribesmen saw was Jin with arrows stuck all over his body and blood pouring out of his entire face, and Kaio looking down at him while breathing heavily.
The Plutonian tribesmen couldn't blame Kaio. The Great War of battle kings was originally such a fight, and he just did his best.
The constant use of battle king special techniques was a huge burden for Kaio as well. He barely supported his trembling legs and aimed his god killer at the fallen Jin.
“Whoa, whoa…….”
If Vahn doesn’t announce the victory and he let go of the arrow Jin will surely die.
Vahn watched it for a while.
“The 22nd match…….”
But just as Vahn is about to announce the end of the match.
Suddenly, Jin, who fell down, stood up and stabbed Bradamante into Kaio’s chest. With his sword in his mouth.
“Crazy, what is this!”
“Brother Jin!?”
Although Jin moved incredibly fast like the arrow, but it was never a speed that Kaio couldn't react.
But Kaio couldn't able to stop Bradamante that penetrated his chest. In order to avoid it, he had no choice but to let go of the bowstring he was aiming at Jin's head.
“Yes, you bastard……!”
Kaio did not let go of the bowstring even as his chest was pierced.
On the other hand, Jin turned his head and even swung the sword in his chest as if he was really going to kill Kaio.
“I told you, Kaio…… you can't able to beat me. Never."
Then, as Bradamante's energy exploded in his chest, the arrow grazed Jin's cheek and split the sky.
Kaio vomited blood and collapsed, and Jin shivered and looked down at him for a few seconds before losing consciousness.
“Why do you say that you will kill me very openly? It looks like you could do that.”
It's not that he is not, Kaio's eyes really saying that. To the point where he was trembling even if he deliberately sarcastic to make Jin more angry.
Jin smiles on the outside, but his mouth was dry.
'You can't even play a villain. This one is scary.'
Jin came to Laprarosa to clean up the chaos, regained all his strength, and gained further enlightenment through battle god fusion. Jin never thought he would be so deeply and heavily pressured by Kaio's 'fighting spirit'.
Jin knew from before that Kaio is one of highest level battle king of the Plutonian tribe.
Even when the opening ceremony was held with the battle god fusion, all the fighting kings fought with the assistance of Kaio.
Kaio assisted everyone with a single bow, and that arrow was the most difficult and threatening attack even with battle god fusion.
“The 22nd match, begin.”
At the same time as Vahn's words ended, thunderbolts gathered like a storm in Kaio's great bow 'God Killer'.
[T/L:- 신살(神煞):- God Killer(神-God, 煞- to kill).]
Energy also gathered in Sigmund, but it was a little later than Kaio.
It was a difference that could only be recognized at the minimum level of battle king. The moment the blade and arrows collided, the ordinary warriors recognized that the two had attacked at the same time.
It was heavy.
The feeling was completely different from Teto, Garmund, Palem, and Dalpir, whom Jin had competed before.
Especially in the previous two matches, even though Jin lost, he thought that the result might have been different if he used the Plutonian Reign Sword to the limit.
This time, Jin was sure from the first blow. As of right now, Jin can never beat Kaio in 'normal fight'.
'It seems that if I continue to train, I will see possibilities.'
At the current rate of growth, it won't take very long. The sense of battle god fusion is growing Jin rapidly day by day.
Bang-!
A blunt impact shook his body whenever he parried the arrows that flew in a series of shots.
As if there was no need to check your opponent moves, Kaio was pushing Jin with all his might from the start.
Jin was barely following his flow and keeping pace with him. In the eyes of the ordinary warriors, it seemed like a close match, but the battle kings had already judged that the victory had passed to Kaio.
No wonder.
Even the ordinary warriors, who felt that the two were fighting on an equal footing, considered the 22nd match to be a battle with a pre-determined outcome.
'It's a matter of time. At this level of momentum, brother Jin has no choice but to get tired quickly.'
‘I hope brother 10th battle king doesn’t hurt brother Jin too much…….’
There are those who insist that Jin must take another test with the other battle kings as the heir, and those who see him as the confirmed successor.
Everyone was worried about it. When Kaio said “an accident might happen”, it wasn’t only heard by Jin.
“Didn’t you say you could definitely defeat me? It’s disappointing.”
“Why don’t you shoot one more arrow while you have time to talk? You are still holding on...… Kut!”
The arrow broken and a bolt of lightning pierced Jin’s left arm. The shards, which were embedded deep enough to touch his bones, were not accidental, and Kaio did this intentionally.
It wasn't that Jin broke the arrow, but it was 'Scatter'(散矢). [Kaio’s battle king special move]
Unlike the mana cannon's explosive-type bullets, all of the dozens of fragments of Kaio's Scatter moved according to his will.
At the opening ceremony, Jin did not experience Kaio's scatter.
At the time, in order to pierce Jin's thunderbolts, which was enhanced by battle god fusion, it was necessary to concentrate the destructive power to one point to the limit, so he didn’t used this ability.
Besides, while during 3 wins, he didn't take it out on the other brethren, so it was a completely unexpected attack for Jin.
A shrapnel that had dug into his left arm was dislodged, and Jin was bleeding profusely. Then, in the second round of scatter, Jin had no choice but to take another blow to the injured area.
'It's no joke.'
It takes great skill to change the situation.
However, Kaio did not allow Jin even the slightest amount of time. He had fought against countless opponents, but it felt like Kaio was the first one who didn't even give him a chance to catch his breath.
He can't close the distance.
Kaio ran like the wind and fired arrows from all directions. It seemed like not one person but about 10 archers were shooting wildly.
'Compared to this, Yulian's thunderbolt Harmilla is cute.'
Rather, it felt like an archer with the power of a storm god.
[T/L:- 폭풍신 :- Storm god. (폭풍- storm, 신- god)]
Even if Jin succeeded in defending incoming arrows with difficulty, whenever an opening was found, scatter exploded, so Jin could hardly get out of this situation.
Jin changed his sword.
“Ultimate shadow Sword? Ah, now that I see it, Brother Jin seems to have believed in it. Yes, that sword is a bit dangerous.”
Having said that, Kaio immediately increased his firepower even further.
Jin's shadow sword ultimate technique, that even blocked Lingling's senses, was not released.
It was because the curtain of shadow force that was trying to color the main hall was being torn apart by Kaio’s thunderbolt.
It didn't work at all. The accuracy of the bow decreased due to the obstruction of vision, and a considerable amount of thunderbolts wasted in pushing out the shadow force.
“Brother Jin, you know very well that there is no point in buying time like this.”
Every time Jin thought that it would stop at this point, the firepower of the god killer increased.
In the end, Jin couldn't fully use the ultimate technique of the shadow sword, and had to replace the shadow force technique with magic sword technique.
Even that wasn't perfect. Like a ship caught in a storm, Jin’s whole body was shaken by the shock, and he could not perform any technique properly. He couldn't even borrow the most important power of Tess.
Even so, the flames showed great power. He set the arrow on fire, pushed the thunderbolts out and spread it, and even attacked Kaio.
At that moment, the formidable enemy that popped into Jin's mind was Hedo, the Tower master of the White Night. The unsteadily unfolding fire had as much destructive power as the moment he hit the Hedo in the Sota Desert.
And, just like Hedo did at that time, Kaio showed his strength to shake off the blue flames without difficulty.
If Tess's power was added and fully used, even Kaio wouldn't have been able to take it so easily.
However, in combat, the assumption of ‘if’ is meaningless.
Because of this, Kaio did not feel much threat from Jin's flames.
Suaak-!
Dark swords were erupting between the blue flames. Kaio gracefully evaded the sword and began to close the distance with Jin.
It's not because he belittles Jin enough to give up the advantage of dominating from distance. Rather, he thought to finish this fight more reliably.
The closer he gets, the more the destructive power of god killer is multiplied. The lightning that engulfed the entire main hall was converging towards Kaio as he got closer.
It was like tightening your grip. Even though the area encroached by Kaio's thunderbolts shrunk, Jin couldn't spread his energy there. A stronger force continues to suppress Jin.
The shadow force curtain, that had been spread out in front of him, had been pierced.
As if the final line of deterrence had collapsed, Jin had to endure the thunderbolt of god killer, which had begun to seep into it.
Maintaining an absurdly advantageous state while eroding the opponent's territory with thunderbolts is one of the characteristics of the Plutonian reign sword. Kaio's technique resembled that.
Swoosh-! Tak!
While frantically blocking the arrows, scatter exploded again. With the third burst, Jin felt his vision darken for an instant.
Eye.
The two fragments stabbed Jin in both eyes.
Thanks to Multa's runes and protective shield, he wasn't really stabbed, but his head rang to the point where he was dizzy.
“You won’t be able to stop the next one, will it be okay? Brother Jin? It seems better to shout for help.”
Ten steps, the distance between Jin and Kaio narrowed to that point.
Just like Kaio said, Multa's rune was completely torn on the eyes side.
A chill ran down to Jin’s spine and a cold sweat broke out. The instant his eyes were damaged, it could never be restored, even with Boras' healing power.
It was impossible to know for outsiders exactly how the battle between the two was going because of the lightning and shadow curtain.
Even if Jin really loses both eyes, it is just an 'accident'.
Jin heart pounded like crazy.
‘If I step back, I will never be able to achieve what I set out to do.’
Great war of battle kings, a fight to determine the heir of the battle god.
In that fight, all members of the Plutonian tribe risk their lives. Compared to that, eyes were not expensive.
It was even more so when he thought of it as a price to unite his brethren by becoming a villain.
“You are weak. If it were me, I would take your eyes right away without telling you that, Kaio.”
“I think so too.”
Kaio let go of the bowstring he had drawn.
Then, along with the thunderbolt hanging from the bow, all the arrows erected here and there like pillars, and pierced at Jin at once.
Even if they were covered by lightning and shadow force, it was a movement so large that all of the brethren outside could recognize it.
The Plutonian tribesmen flinched and let out a sigh.
“In the end, brother 10th battle king……!”
“Damn it, you don’t have to do that! You could have made him incapable of combat!”
“This isn’t it. Sister battle god, we must intercede!”
"It's already too late...… As brother 10th battle king said, Brother Jin should have declared giving up the match before this happened. Either we went out first and stopped it.”
Aaaah-!
Jin let out a scream in a cracked voice.
The accident finally happened.
After ten seconds. The explosion was subsiding, as if all the great forces that had shaken the hall were false.
After everything was cleared, what Plutonian tribesmen saw was Jin with arrows stuck all over his body and blood pouring out of his entire face, and Kaio looking down at him while breathing heavily.
The Plutonian tribesmen couldn't blame Kaio. The Great War of battle kings was originally such a fight, and he just did his best.
The constant use of battle king special techniques was a huge burden for Kaio as well. He barely supported his trembling legs and aimed his god killer at the fallen Jin.
“Whoa, whoa…….”
If Vahn doesn’t announce the victory and he let go of the arrow Jin will surely die.
Vahn watched it for a while.
“The 22nd match…….”
But just as Vahn is about to announce the end of the match.
Suddenly, Jin, who fell down, stood up and stabbed Bradamante into Kaio’s chest. With his sword in his mouth.
“Crazy, what is this!”
“Brother Jin!?”
Although Jin moved incredibly fast like the arrow, but it was never a speed that Kaio couldn't react.
But Kaio couldn't able to stop Bradamante that penetrated his chest. In order to avoid it, he had no choice but to let go of the bowstring he was aiming at Jin's head.
“Yes, you bastard……!”
Kaio did not let go of the bowstring even as his chest was pierced.
On the other hand, Jin turned his head and even swung the sword in his chest as if he was really going to kill Kaio.
“I told you, Kaio…… you can't able to beat me. Never."
Then, as Bradamante's energy exploded in his chest, the arrow grazed Jin's cheek and split the sky.
Kaio vomited blood and collapsed, and Jin shivered and looked down at him for a few seconds before losing consciousness.
