[Oh]
[Lilha]
[RLH]
[Huh!]
[Are you okay?]
[What happened to the Progenitor?]
[The Red Rain has stopped, you know.]
[Yeah, the rain stopped, Lily.]
[What are we doing today?]
[What happened to Blodia?]
[Is it?]
[Isn’t this place over there?]
“Lilha~ How has everyone been?”
Three days have passed since the Red Rain incident.
The once overwhelming Red Rain that threatened the entire continent ended with Lasty’s return, allowing Erbenus Blodia to maintain its reputation.
Most of the Elders were affected, but thanks to Lasty, they were mostly resurrected.
Moreover, Ardor, one of the key figures and Piarro’s master, was also safe.
According to Lasty, it was possible because he was “useful.”
As soon as he was resurrected, he rammed his head into things as if electricity coursed through him, and Piarro, who arrived later, adopted the same posture.
Normally, Piarro would have had to open a space, but she fainted during training and couldn’t do that.
In the end, she could only arrive after everything was over…
She seemed very sorry, repeatedly bowing her head, but Lasty didn’t really appear to care about her.
Her talent in magic was quite decent, but whether she had talent as an “Elder” is a different story.
That said, she didn’t retrieve True Blood or the Necklace of Space, but she did not take any further actions.
“Lasty has recovered all the Red Rain. There won’t be any left falling now. It seems the existing Elders will govern Blodia. They say Piarro’s master is skilled… Lasty won’t do that.”
Lasty will likely continue to live without ruling over anyone.
I chatted in the chat window for about ten minutes, waiting for someone.
A space dyed completely white.
Viewers wondered where they were, but some who consistently watched my stream had a rough idea of where this place was.
I intentionally stayed silent to build anticipation, and after about five more minutes…
Swoosh.
With the sound of slicing through the wind, someone entered this place.
A woman dressed in a black assassin outfit with minimal fabric.
She had a black ponytail, red eyes, and cat ears, holding a green dagger in her hand.
She had gained a very detailed aura during the time I hadn’t seen her.
By aura alone, she looked like a completely different person.
“Miss Yena.”
“Huh, huhuhu, huhuhu…”
[Yena?]
[Oh]
[Was it Yena we were meeting today?]
[Yena?]
[???]
[Wow, she finally appeared?]
[Crazy.]
[It’s definitely Yena.]
[What did we do to finally see her?]
[Has it been almost a month?]
Swoosh.
After laughing for a while, Yena soon took a serious expression and gripped the dagger tightly.
With a serious expression, I gripped the dagger tightly.
A chill brushed past me.
“Are you prepared?”
“Prepared?”
“The resolve to kick the ladder away without hesitation.”
That’s right.
I demanded that all the Celestials refrain from extending a hand to Yena for her growth in the Tower of Growth.
Not stopping there, I forced the Master of the Tower to create thorny paths, so there must have been quite a bit of resistance.
However, Yena broke through all of that, and while I expected her to come for revenge right away…
“I am prepared.”
She disappeared with the words that she needed ‘more’ training, and the moon passed by.
She also refrained from intervening in the raid of the Space Disaster that all users coveted, and the contest for the Necklace of Space, as well as the Red Rain incident.
And that training was with her Master, ‘Myeosin.’
“I’m always prepared. I’m excited to see how much you’ve grown…”
“I don’t think so, nya.”
“?!”
Fwhoooosh!!
My shoulder was deeply cut, and blood gushed out.
With a rather threatening power and speed, a technique ‘was born,’ and as I summoned my weapon, Yena had already hidden her body.
[?]
[?!!]
[What the hell is this?!]
[???]
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[What just passed by?]
“…Myeosin Technique, Myeojeonchan (Cat’s Slash).”
A bizarrely high-level technique that pulls a strike from the ‘past’ into the ‘present.’
And that technique was one of Myeosin’s nine secret techniques.
■
Swoosh swoosh swoosh! Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!
The fierce onslaught of daggers rushed toward me.
Myeosin Technique, Gongmyeosaegyeok (Empty Cat’s Impact).
A technique that scatters knife strikes through the very space itself, pushing the target closer to infinity.
It’s not simply swinging a sword randomly; it disperses according to the criteria and standards established by Myeosin, and if conditions aren’t met, Gongmyeosaegyeok doesn’t activate.
Like the previous Myeojeonchan, it was also one of Myeosin’s techniques, and very few learned it.
Even those beastmen who were called disciples of Myeosin couldn’t easily master it.
Before long, my body was gushing with blood, and the speed of recovery couldn’t keep up as the assault became incrementally sharper.
“You’ve grown like crazy.”
“…Hmph!”
[Wow]
[Yena’s insane, she got so strong]
[Lily is falling behind?]
[Holy crap]
[Great Yena]
[As expected, it’s Yena’s territory]
[But still, Lily should win, right?]
[Yena is she a god?! Yena is she a god?!]
[Nyan-nyan punch is strong]
Though it’s a secret technique of Myeosin, that doesn’t mean I’m just getting beaten up.
I’m not just getting hit.
I’m using my spear to intercept techniques and strike back in my own way.
If it were the original Yena, she would have been rolling on the ground by now after having every technique countered…
Ka, kagak!
“Oh?”
“Nyaaaaak!!”
My spear, infused with my own holy energy, is being deflected as if it’s nothing.
Even if Yena has gotten stronger, this shouldn’t be possible.
This is akin to…
“I feel like I’m witnessing ‘Perfect Hit’.”
The enchantment magic ‘Perfect Hit’ I saw during the early days of my return.
It’s one of the system effects characterized by always hitting the enemy, and back then, I couldn’t defend against it, allowing multiple attacks.
‘Perfect Hit’ literally means it ‘always’ hits the enemy.
But as time passed and my strength returned, and my rank increased, that ‘lower rank’ law no longer applies to me.
‘Up until now.’
“Get ready! Didn’t I say I would do it, nyaaaang!!”
But Yena is different.
The unseen ‘power’ surrounding her is deflecting all attacks that could potentially be fatal.
And that power surely rivals the upper echelon.
“Seems like she got something from the tower.”
“Isn’t it only natural after all the trouble she’s caused?”
What Yena acquired is at least a quasi-transcendence, or power close to transcendence.
The more attacks she deflects, the sharper her onslaught becomes; it’s not just a simple defense.
What on earth happened in the tower for her to obtain such power?
‘No, was that level of ability initially a reward from the tower?’
Transcendence is something you earn only after facing a disaster that could destroy the world almost single-handedly, so it seems a bit dubious that receiving such a power just for clearing the tower.
No matter how many hidden pieces Deoen has, it’s rarely the case where you’re given something significant without a price.
Moreover, the very first clear of the Tower of Growth was by Leo and me.
I’ve seen Yena streaming and tackling the tower a few times, but it seems like she committed to something and often played in a way that avoided showing the latter parts, so I couldn’t see properly.
‘I was too busy doing my own thing.’
Above all, she seemed to be intentionally hiding something…
Kwaaaagh… Kaak!
“Huh?”
“Is, is this really happening…?”
[Wow]
[????]
[?]
[Insane]
[Is this real????]
[Great Yena]
Just now, Yena deflected the ‘Roar of the Spear.’
A collaborative feat achieved through Myeosin magic and the unnamed power.
She looked confident, but even she seemed surprised this time, her mouth slightly agape.
Seeing that incredible harmony made it clear.
“That wasn’t initially of transcendence rank, was it?”
“The Master’s words were indeed correct… Nya? Wh, what did you say?”
“It seems like it’s a growth-type like the Book of Magia. That makes sense.”
“The Book of Magia obtained after repelling the Black Lily has no rank.”
“If fully mastered, it could transcend. Or perhaps even go beyond that, but if nothing is done, it’s just an ordinary piece of kindling.”
“All those techniques for parrying attacks are the same.”
“…….”
“I understand now why you said training was necessary. There’s no point in charging in recklessly with a technique that has no rank; the outcome is all too predictable.”
“Is that a problem? It’s something earned through hard work.”
…meow.
Yena seemed a bit sulky.
It felt like I was scolding her for being a deadweight, but the opposite was true.
“There’s no problem at all. In fact, it’s quite an impressive feat.”
If what she ended up with after going through all that trouble was a skill with no rank, it would be understandable if she got angry and gave up.
Instead, she endured again and raised it to a level close to transcendent.
Myeosin wouldn’t be someone to go easy or teach half-heartedly; it must have been as tough as climbing the tower.
“Late, but you did well, Miss Yena.”
“…sniff.”
[Are you crying?]
[lololololol]
[Yena is so cute]
[Yena did go through a lot]
[Last time during the 48-hour training broadcast, she was pretty pitiful]
[Great Yena]
[Lily messed up]
[Efforts pay off for Yena lol]
[So what’s the name of that ability?]
“What’s the name of that ability?”
“…Super super super rare trait. The one and only hidden piece, and the Master said he’s never seen a skill as amazing as this one and sold it like crazy, but really, I must be insane for picking this and going through this hardship for months; am I even his actual disciple? I’m about to lose my mind.”
“So what is the name again?”
“…Parrying.”
“Parrying.”
It’s nice because it’s intuitive.
Good.
I transformed the White Guardian that I changed to a hammer back into a spear.
At that moment, Yena stopped sniffling and released her own flow of energy.
Currently, I was in a pure state with no enhancements or energy raised.
Originally, I intended to raise the ‘rank’ beyond laws or to concentrate the holy energy into one point and smash it down with the hammer, thereby nullifying ‘Parrying’, but my thoughts changed.
“Let’s face each other using orthodox methods.”
“Orthodox methods… meow?”
Parrying doesn’t nullify.
It’s utilized with pure ‘technique.’
“Weapon techniques are my specialty.”
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