〈Episode 630〉 Nine. And three.
Smoke rises along with the explosion.
A thick, burnt smell tickled my nose.
Heavy smoke obscures the view.
yes-!
He returned energy to his eyes and brightened his vision.
You can see the ground ahead.
Hwaruk-!
He immediately gathers the flames and creates a hellish hell.
He threw the salt water into the ground again.
Kwaaaaang—!!
There was another loud explosion and debris blew up.
This was repeated over and over again.
I can feel the bet slipping away. Since the Flame Jade itself is a technique that consumes a considerable amount of bet.
I can clearly feel that I am consuming a lot of energy.
still.
It didn’t stop.
Boom-! Kwaang-! Boom-!
The ground was visible and it was blown up and destroyed.
I continued to use the salt jade without caring about the bets that were being consumed.
I think about it as I watch the debris continuously exploding.
‘In the past, it was difficult to even use it once.’
There was a time when I used it once and it felt like it was going to fall off for a few days.
I think it was around the time I entered Shinryongwan.
Even then, there were problems that arose because we were forced to use something that could only be used when it came to the flower market.
It’s still the same now, using techniques that don’t fit your skill level.
‘It’s gotten better.’
Gone are the days when you could use it at least once and become a semi-retard.
of course.
‘But it’s still difficult to just write like this.’
Objectively speaking.
If you just look at the number of times, you can use it roughly ten times or a little more.
This was the number of times when compression and rotation were extremely controlled and used efficiently until the bet.
If you keep writing like this, the number of times will decrease.
There’s no time to find a good path.
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It was not a time to conserve energy.
Kwaaaaah-!!
How many times did you wrap yourself in heat and use the flame jade?
If we count the exact number, it would be around five.
thud-!
I stopped the energy that was being pulled up by the sense of alienation.
Not the messy terrain we’ve seen so far.
Because a proper basement was visible.
Anyone who looks at it will see that it looks like it was built artificially.
Bam.
I landed lightly there and felt the surrounding atmosphere.
‘Here it is.’
I could tell right away.
This is the place I was looking for.
A cold air passes through my body and a subtly uncomfortable silence hangs over me.
I waved my finger roughly.
sudden-!
Then, the lights that had been off came on, and the surroundings looked a little brighter.
It was just a hallway that wasn’t much different, after all.
I walked down the hallway, my back turned to the wall.
I tried to expand my senses, but strangely, there was no sound of anything following me.
I thought that a blind guy would catch up with me right away.
After walking a little down the hallway, I found a huge door in front of me.
He frowned at the door.
‘this.’
It’s a door I’ve seen somewhere.
It had the same size and shape as the door seen in the princess’s hiding place.
I recognized it and immediately grabbed the doorknob.
I thought it would open on its own if I held it like last time.
Phage, phage, phage—!!!
“…!”
Contrary to expectations, resistance was felt.
An unknown energy pushes me away along with the pain.
It’s as if he’s trying to keep the door from opening.
I laughed out loud at that.
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“This kid?”
It’s ridiculous. All I can do is open the door, and it’s blocked like this.
Feeling an inexplicable sense of annoyance, I grabbed the doorknob again.
Okay then.
Pah-ji-ji-ji-jik—-!!!
Again the energy begins to push me away.
It was an excruciating pain, though.
‘I’m used to that kind of thing.’
I was so used to getting hurt and feeling pain that I was sick of it.
I was able to exert strength in my hands without ignoring it.
Sizzle.
My skin is tearing as I endure the energy.
I never thought this would happen even though it’s surrounded by shallow rivers.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I let it go.
Kkeuuugh-!
I grabbed the door and pulled it open.
Although I felt a strong sense of resistance, I gathered my energy and fought back.
This is a really stupid way.
Whether it’s a tactic or something else, if something is at stake, solving it should be the priority.
You don’t even care about that and just open the door.
I couldn’t believe I was this ignorant.
but.
‘Since when did I use my head like that?’
In the end, I thought this was the method that suited me best.
Even though the skin is torn, it is painful and requires strength.
I gave it my all without even caring.
Ujijijik.
As time passed, the doors really began to open.
Oh, rather than open.
‘It’s closer to tearing it apart.’
What does it matter?
He clenched his fists hard.
Bam! Bam!
Eventually, the iron door is torn off.
The iron gate that had protected the ice palace for hundreds of years was torn down.
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He said this while looking at the door in his hand.
“Then it will just open quietly. Why are you making a fuss?”
Whoosh.
thud-!
He roughly threw the iron door somewhere in the hallway and walked straight to the entrance.
Fortunately, when I went in, I didn’t feel any recoil like when I opened the door.
The only thing is that the cold I felt became much stronger.
In addition, he turned his gaze and examined my forearm.
‘hmm.’
Goosebumps were rising between the slightly raised scales.
‘What is this?’
As soon as I entered the space, I got goosebumps all over my body.
With an uncomfortable, nauseating feeling.
It was a feeling I always had when I saw traces of a dragon or a half-dragon, but this time it was especially intense.
like.
‘Like when I met the blood horse.’
A blood horse wearing Jang Seon-yeon’s mask.
There was a tremendous amount of hostility boiling over, just like when I first met him.
First, I suppressed my emotions and looked around.
‘They look similar.’
The space where the ice crystals were seen from the hideout.
The place and its appearance were very similar.
‘That means.’
I moved my head towards the place where I felt a particularly strong energy.
As expected, there was an iceberg there.
‘That was the correct answer.’
The princess said so.
They said that there is an ice crystal in the basement of the ice palace that protects against the bitter cold.
This must be where it was.
Just as space is, the shape of the ice crystal is no different.
It’s just questionable to look at.
‘It blocks the bitter cold.’
The surrounding cold air remains the same and there is no difference in appearance.
They say this one eats the cold and others spread the cold.
I couldn’t feel any difference.
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This means that I don’t know how it works.
‘It doesn’t really matter.’
It doesn’t matter anymore how such a thing is possible.
The important thing is that I knew why it was happening.
I took a step forward while looking at the ice.
Hururuk.
At the same time, he held energy in his hand.
There are no long-term thoughts or grand plans.
It just didn’t work out so I broke it.
With that thought in mind, I approached the iceberg.
At the moment when I was about to punch the iceberg, whether it would break or not.
“…?”
The moment I looked closely at the ice crystal, my movements froze and the strength in my hands left me.
“crazy.”
A curse word came out without me knowing. I couldn’t help it.
There’s something in the ice.
The inside of the ice crystal, which had been obscured by the cold, became visible.
Inside it.
“What is this kid doing here again?”
Woohyuk was in there.
“her?”
I widened my eyes as soon as I saw it.
The original purpose of finding the ice palace.
I looked at Bingjeong, remembering how I came to find Woohyuk and bring him back.
What the heck? Why is this kid in here?
I’m confused.
It was the most embarrassing situation I’ve ever been in.
Why is Woohyuk suddenly inside the ice cave?
But he looks at Bingjeong with a frown on his face.
‘This is fucking crazy.’
The embarrassment had to end in an instant.
Regardless of why this crazy situation happened.
Rather, there are more reasons to break the ice.
Kook.
He twisted his waist and clenched his fists. Energy filled his fists.
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I’m trying to shout straight at the iceberg.
[Fuck.]
With harsh words.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!
Suddenly, sharp ice poured down from the iceberg.
Should I just hit him and beat him up?
I’ll think about it for a moment.
Phew-!
Already, instinct had begun to twist the body and create distance.
‘Tsk.’
It was an attack that was not cost-effective when it came to hitting.
Since they were all aimed at vital points, it was difficult to evade by taking action.
Immediately after avoiding the attack by taking a few steps away.
“Ha, what the hell.”
He looked straight ahead and swore.
“What are you doing now?”
[…]
A moment of quiet silence passed over my words.
[Truly, this is ridiculous.]
A familiar voice.
The voice of the net was heard from the iceberg.
[Are you smart? Or are you stupid? I didn’t know you’d be this reckless.]
Knock knock.
The slight trembling in his voice while speaking is a sign of anger.
[Just a little bit was enough. At best, it was just a moment. How dare you refuse my hand and interfere with my work?]
“Interference is fucking stupid.”
He said with a mocking tone at Mang’s words.
“I had no intention of being on the same side as you anyway, you piece of shit.”
Who do you think is an idiot?
“Will you just let me listen to that?”
I could tell from the conversation that Mang had no intention of joining hands with me in the first place.
A center without roots.
In a conversation where important things are left out as if they were meant to be told.
I couldn’t help but notice the things he was saying as if he was secretly teasing me.
“It’s obvious you’re just wasting time. Why are you listening to that?”
[under.]
The guy bursts into laughter at my words.
[He’s quicker than I thought.]
He was buying time from me.
It was hidden so well that it appeared on Yooseon’s body.
What is the reason?
Why did it have to be that way?
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I didn’t think about this for long either.
If there really is a reason why he has to do this to me.
The reason must be in the ice.
I went to Bingjeong expecting that, and sure enough, the situation was a mess.
“What are you doing now?”
I asked the guy, gritting my teeth.
[I’m the one who wants to ask.]
The net asks me back.
[Ninth. What the hell are you doing?]
“what?”
[Why on earth are you bothering me?]
Mang spoke to me as if he really couldn’t understand it.
[At least I didn’t lie in the conversation. We have the same common enemy. It was also true that I was thinking of joining hands. How could I have made this choice?]
Words that are slightly filled with resentment.
I looked at the guy and said.
“Do you have no ears?”
[What…?]
Could it be that he has no ears? If not, he couldn’t have come out like that.
“I clearly told you that I don’t want to be with you because you’re a piece of shit. Are you lacking in comprehension skills?”
[…]
“I hate people with dirty behinds the most.”
If you act like a jerk in front of me, I’ll beat you up.
The guy with the dirty back had so many things to worry about that he didn’t know what to do.
Especially since he had been sucking the bloodlines of the North Sea for hundreds of years for his own resurrection, his arrogance was completely gone.
[…For just that reason?]
Even though you explained it so kindly.
The net continues to spit out words as if it doesn’t understand.
[Just because I ate a few of these uncivilized creatures, you’re saying I won’t hold your hand?]
“Look at the way you speak. The way you speak is just like that.”
[It is a blessing that these insignificant seeds were used for my resurrection.]
“Now you’re even talking nonsense.”
[It is something to be thankful for even when you are dying, but why is it that you, a fellow countryman, should be angry about it?]
After hearing that, I clicked my tongue inwardly.
I’m too angry to talk any more.
“Don’t get me wrong.”
I regained my energy.
“It’s none of my business if the North Sea suffers.”
Yeah, that doesn’t matter.
Why would you be so enthusiastic about something if you have such a great connection?
What’s important to me is.
Not the blood relatives of the North Sea who were sacrificed.
“It’s because you are getting something like that.”
He wrapped his fist around himself with even more energy than before and thrust his body forward.
Tsk tsk tsk-! Just like before, ice picks are pouring down.
This time it was based on evasion, so avoiding it wasn’t difficult.
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Although the clothes are a little pierced by the rather violent movement.
It wasn’t a big enough blow to be bothered by.
Bam-! He turns on his tiptoe and checks the situation.
Eventually, I made my way through the net’s attacks and reached the ice peak.
This time, without hesitation, I slammed my fist into the ice.
Kkwadddddddd—!!!
The fist is stuck straight into the ice.
I swallowed a little surprise when I saw that.
Because it was much easier to dig into than I thought.
I thought there would be a little resistance.
I thought it would feel like breaking a normal rock.
‘What’s strange is strange.’
I pushed my fist in with all my might.
Okay then.
Cracks begin to appear in the ice, starting from the fist that dug in.
The gold quickly spread and swallowed the entire iceberg.
since.
Kkudduk.
It only took a few seconds for the ice to crumble and collapse.
Thud.
Pieces of ice that are gradually falling apart.
I had to frown as I looked at the collapsing rubble.
It wasn’t because the iceberg had collapsed.
The reason is.
“… Ha… This really annoys me.”
Because someone was grabbing my outstretched fist.
