Chapter 70: Guardian (3)

The impact sent my body flying through the air.

A rock that suddenly emerged struck my abdomen directly.

‘What… the hell?’

As I was thrown away, it felt as though time slowed down.

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How was it possible for rocks to burst out from the guardian’s back?

For an instant, I couldn’t understand it.

No—perhaps I was the naïve one.

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Crash! wizard Bam! abandon Bam!

Modifying its own back was probably nothing difficult for it.

‘More importantly, how did it know exactly where I was…?’

After all, it had already made the cave floor rise up and had also exposed the core in its chest.

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My whole body hurt.

The unbearable pain in my back was too intense.

The rock had hit me head-on and sent me flying quite far.

My thoughts were interrupted.

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I tried to control my breathing as best as I could.

“Kuheup… huh…!”

Opening and closing my mouth like a fish out of water didn’t help at all.

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Boom! apron Boom!

If that attack had landed there, I probably would’ve blacked out instantly.

The only bit of luck in all this misfortune was that it hadn’t struck my solar plexus.

The earth trembled.

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I had clearly cut off its leg, but now it was completely restored as if nothing had happened.

Even if its body suffered damage again and again, it regenerated immediately.

It seemed capable of freely manipulating not only the surrounding terrain, but perhaps the entire orichalcum cave itself.

I barely raised my head and looked at the guardian.

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I had taken the hit directly.

I could inhale, but exhaling was difficult.

While thinking that, I tried to stabilize my breathing.

‘This is practically its home field…’

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Suddenly, someone struck my back hard.

“Kuagh!”

A brutal sensation shot through my entire spine.

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At the same time, the trapped air burst out of my mouth.

It was Sloth.

Now I finally felt like I could breathe again.

I turned my head to see who had hit me.

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“…Thanks.”

“……”

Just like with the saber-toothed tiger, he was still helping me immensely.

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Instead of answering—though he originally couldn’t talk anyway—Sloth climbed back onto my back.

I also suppressed the pain in my abdomen as much as possible and stood up.

Right before the impact, I had reinforced only my body with mana, so I could still move.

It felt as if he was telling me to regain my composure and focus on the fight again.

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Suddenly, I started coughing violently.

“Cough! riddle Cough!”

When I pulled it away, it was soaked in blood.

I quickly covered my mouth with the back of my hand.

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Well, after taking something like that, it would be strange to remain unharmed.

I carefully watched the guardian and hurriedly pulled out an elixir to drink a sip.

On the outside I seemed fine, but inside I clearly wasn’t.

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‘No matter how I think about it, this is strange.’

Perhaps because of the painkilling effect, I felt much better than before.

Boom! abandon Boom!

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It only slowly walked toward where I was.

Even while I drank the elixir, the guardian didn’t attack.

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That was what bothered me the most.

It never took the initiative.

And on top of that, it continued completely ignoring Wonmo’s attacks.

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My abdomen still hurt a little, but the elixir’s effect allowed me to endure it.

While stabilizing my breathing, I circulated the mana inside my body.

Why?

It recognized my presence, but not Wonmo’s.

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The moment I circulated mana, the guardian emitted that strange sound again.

[Gigigigik—]

Judging by the way it slowly raised both arms, it seemed to be preparing another attack.

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After being blasted so far away, closing the distance immediately was difficult.

‘First, I need to dodge this.’

For now, I had to evade.

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The instant both arms came down, a graveyard of spikes rushed toward me.

Without taking my eyes off it, I began moving sideways in circles.

The guardian tracked my position in real time while twisting its waist at grotesque angles.

Boooom!!!

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Besides, there was quite a bit of distance between us now.

Before the guardian could continue with another attack, I ran toward it.

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I simply stood still and waited.

The orichalcum guardian’s pattern was roughly like this.

‘…Does it detect mana?’

Or rather—

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If it hadn’t ignored Wonmo, I never would’ve noticed.

‘That means…’

If I did nothing, it simply walked toward me without attacking.

But the instant I circulated mana, it began attacking.

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Perhaps due to its sensitivity to mana, it could detect my location precisely.

Then the guardian, which had been about to launch another attack, suddenly froze completely.

I even stopped my breathing and completely calmed the mana inside my body.

Afterward, it stared at me and slowly began advancing with its enormous body.

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Not using mana.

‘Just as I thought.’

But only to a certain extent.

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‘But I need mana to cut through that thing…’

However, discovering the strategy meant nothing if I lacked the ability to execute it.

That was the method to defeat it.

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And I was barely a novice who had only recently learned the internal technique.

Besides, even a broken weapon required proper skill to fully display its potential.

The Heavenly Demon’s sword was practically all-powerful, but not omnipotent.

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On top of that, my ability to infuse mana into the sword was sealed, so brute force was my only option.

I watched the guardian slowly advance while moving carefully.

‘Looks like I’ll have to wait for the right moment…’

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I needed to confirm the distance at which it reacted.

[Gigigigik—]

When the distance between us narrowed to around twenty meters, the guardian reacted.

Perhaps it wasn’t attacking because I was outside its range.

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Then it slowly lowered the leg and resumed walking toward me with huge strides.

[Gigigigik—]

That confirmed it.

The moment it lifted a leg with the intent to attack, I quickly stepped back.

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The creature detected presences through mana.

‘Then…’

The most likely reason there were no dangerous beasts inside the cave was precisely because of the guardian.

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I would have many opportunities.

But out of all those opportunities, I would only be able to seize one.

I slowly stepped backward to avoid entering that thing’s detection range.

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If I took another direct hit to the abdomen like before, perhaps not even an elixir could heal me.

Maybe Sloth would have to save me again.

And before even thinking about the elixir, I would probably pass out first.

‘Stay calm.’

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[Gigigigik—]

I began moving back and forth while calculating the range.

“Fuuu…”

Soon after, I found the ideal distance and slowly let out a breath.

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I flinched when I saw it, but fortunately it showed no reaction beyond that.

The moment I exhaled, the guardian reacted violently.

It seemed even breathing produced mana fluctuations that it could detect.

‘…Now!’

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I had already reached the space between its legs, just like before.

The guardian raised a leg, but it was already too late.

I circulated mana through my body and charged forward.

Can I do this?

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I couldn’t die here.

If I couldn’t do it, I would die.

The doubt crossed my mind for an instant, but I immediately cast it aside and focused all my senses solely on the sword.

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Slash!

I would definitely leave this hellish place alive.

I didn’t survive just to die here.

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The enormous figure made of orichalcum collapsed forward onto its knees.

Without using aura, I cut through the leg using only the strength of my body.

The mana inside my body spun more violently than ever before.

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To prevent it from responding like before, I cut not only its legs but all of its limbs.

Several times spikes burst out and I nearly died, but I managed to block them with the shield.

Slash! alpha Slash!

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Booom!

Now all that remained was destroying the core.

In the end, the guardian was reduced to a torso without arms or legs.

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All that remained was piercing the core with the Heavenly Demon’s sword.

I barely dodged it.

It must have been its final desperate attempt, but it was already too late.

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If it kept going like this and pierced the core—

I drove the Heavenly Demon’s sword toward the place where the core was located.

The sword pierced through smoothly.

“Hup!”

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The limbs I had just cut off began moving as if they were still alive.

…But, as always, things were never that simple.

Kwarrrrrr!

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“Kugh?!”

A strange feeling of weakness spread through my entire body.

Swaaaaaah!

And while I was shocked by that, something even worse happened.

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At first, I couldn’t understand what was happening, but I quickly realized it.

An indescribable heaviness.

It felt like stepping out of an extremely hot bath.

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Using the Heavenly Demon’s sword lodged in its back as a conduit.

The guardian was absorbing my mana.

‘T-this bastard is absorbing my mana…!’

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Whoooong! avalanche Whoooong!

I panicked and tried to pull the sword back out, but it wouldn’t budge an inch.

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To make matters worse, the guardian’s limbs, which seemed alive, began attacking while writhing like worms.

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Craaaash!

I somehow managed to block it with my shield, but my body was already flying through the air again.

I barely dodged the kick, but I couldn’t avoid the punch that came afterward.

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Crash!

Even while being blown away, I managed to soften the fall, but I couldn’t relax.

And the biggest problem was that I had let go of the Heavenly Demon’s sword.

“Kuugh…!”

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Grrrrrrk—

The weakness spreading through my entire body was too intense.

Another attack would definitely come.

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Even though its attacks were slow, its regeneration was absurdly fast.

Since the entire cave was made of orichalcum, it was probably using that to regenerate.

But I didn’t even have time to think much about it.

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Woooooooong—

The guardian’s chest opened once again.

The same beam it had fired before.

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“?!”

Dizzy—

And this time it was aimed directly at me.

The instant I saw it, I desperately tried to stand up, but another problem appeared.

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On top of that, an unbearable dizziness pierced through my head, and I ended up collapsing to my knees.

Was it because it had absorbed my mana?

I couldn’t gather strength in my body.

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‘N-no way…!’

Even after absorbing all my mana, it could still detect me perfectly.

Even while dizzy, I had to think.

I stared directly at the guardian aiming at me.

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Why?

Flash!

I hadn’t even finished forming the question when—

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I frowned at the brightness and barely managed to open my eyes.

The moment that happened, I quickly raised my head.

Suddenly, the lights around me flickered before illuminating again, as if a light bulb had malfunctioned.

‘…Light?’

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The “Light” magic contained inside it.

And to activate a “spell,” “mana” was inevitably required.

The crystal sphere KingLeor gave me.

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Fwaaaaaash!

Then I squeezed out every last drop of mana I had left and injected it into the sphere.

The instant I understood that, I immediately pulled the crystal sphere out of my bag.

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Without caring whether it blinded me or not, I threw the crystal sphere toward the guardian’s rear.

The entire cave was bathed in blinding light.

The moment mana entered it, everything lit up instantly.

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It perfectly drew its attention.

It worked.

Gigigigik!

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I gathered all the strength I had left and abruptly stood up.

And then I saw the Heavenly Demon’s sword lodged in its back like the sword of a legendary hero.

The guardian twisted its waist almost one hundred eighty degrees as it followed the sphere.

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My only goal was retrieving the Heavenly Demon’s sword.

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I even screamed as I charged directly toward the guardian.

“Uaaaaaaah!”

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A strange sound came from the core.

Wooooooooong!

Since it was a bastard that couldn’t hear anyway, I shouted with all my strength.

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And when the light became far brighter than before, I completely covered my left arm with the shield.

I waited for the exact moment it would fire.

A perfect ramming stance.

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Booom!

No matter how enormous that thing was, it couldn’t ignore “recoil.”

The instant I jumped, the core fired the beam.

I ran in that position and then jumped.

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Baaaang!!

The lower part of the Heavenly Demon’s sword collided against the shield with a deafening roar.

And that recoil became the perfect help for me.

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I had used the shield to ram into it, and on top of that I had jumped.

The Heavenly Demon’s sword, which had already reached the core, sank even deeper.

Thuuud!

The entire blade stabbed completely through, so it surely pierced the core from one side to the other.

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And yes, it hurt. shadow A lot.

What came next was a completely natural fall.

Even so, just in case, I pitifully rolled across the ground to get away from the guardian.

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Gigigigik— Gigik— Gigigig—

Call me pathetic if you want.

I just wanted to survive.

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The guardian began malfunctioning.

Its limbs repeatedly fell off and reattached while its whole body twisted as though it were dancing.

Was it because the core had been properly pierced?

A broken robot would probably look exactly like this.

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Thuuud!

It still trembled slightly for a few moments, but even that eventually died down.

Soon after, its arms fell heavily, and the guardian collapsed forward.

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I had taken a laser cannon head-on and still survived.

The blue light of the core also disappeared completely.

The only light left inside the cave was the floating Light sphere in the air.

“God…”

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If I hadn’t figured out how to defeat it, I would’ve been completely helpless.

Were all guardians like this?

I had almost died.

How the hell did SwordMaster defeat things like this so easily?

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Swoosh—

Looks like I’ll have to lie here for a while.

On top of that, my mana had been absorbed, so I had no strength left in my body.

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But when I saw the round eyes and the beak, I realized it wasn’t him.

At first, I thought it was Sloth.

Then something slowly approached me.

The greatest contributor to defeating the guardian.

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Wonmo tilted his head while looking at me lying on the ground.

“Kyuu?”

Wonmo.

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“How about I give you some honey later?”

“Kyuu?”

“Wonmo.”

I stared at him for a moment before letting out an empty laugh.

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Looks like he really loved the idea.

“Kyuuu!”

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