Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 17

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Episode 17

Thump-! Crack!

The heavy reverberation shook the ground, and the surrounding trees snapped with rough sounds.

The monster resembled a turtle in its head and body. Its four legs were as large and thick as an elephant’s, and moss, weeds, and a giant zelkova [a type of East Asian tree] grew on its back.

A monster glaring at me with red-tinged eyes.

‘The guardian of Jeokcheong Island, Gwisusan.’

The distant descendant of an ancient monster that the first head of the family had cut down long ago.
A Class 3, Nightmare-level monster.

‘……He tamed Gwisusan?’

It was a Class 3 monster. Even if it wasn’t fully grown, a Class 3 monster possessed the power to easily devastate an entire metropolis.

Moreover, Gwisusan was a being close to a divine creature. It was not a monster that could be tamed by a mere shaman.

“You catch on quick.”

The tamer frowned, as if reading the doubt in my eyes.

“The taming isn’t perfect yet, but it will faithfully carry out the order to kill you. Accept it as your destiny……”

Thud!

Before the tamer could finish speaking, I kicked off the ground towards him.

There was no need to fight Gwisusan. If I dealt with the tamer, the spell would surely be broken.

However, my sword stopped right in front of the tamer’s nose.

“Kuh!”

Koo-oong!

A massive pressure bore down on me. I tried to resist, but my knees buckled helplessly, and I was slammed to the ground.

-Boo-ooooong!

It was the magic emitted by Gwisusan.

The mere emission of magic created an immense pressure that forced people to the ground.

“No, amazing. To aim for me at that moment.”

The tamer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at the ground.

Just one step.

If the child had taken one more step, that sword would have cut him.

“Don’t struggle too much and accept it quietly, boy.”

The tamer said that and scattered amulets into the air. The tamer’s body disappeared as if blurring into the air.

‘……If only my body had grown a little more, I would have reached.’

I gritted my teeth and glared straight ahead.

Desperate size, overwhelming power.

Gwisusan began to move.

-Krrr…….

My heart pounded like crazy.

It was as if death had materialized and appeared right in front of me.

My breathing became rough due to the adrenaline being pumped out, and it wasn’t easy to move because of the magic pressing down from above.

‘Calm, let’s stay calm.’

I took a very deep breath, enduring the pressing pressure.

‘There’s no way Gwisusan can be completely controlled. Then there’s no reason to run away. He actually said it wasn’t perfect.’

The decision was instantaneous.

Resisting the pressure that was trying to suppress me, I put my hand into my pocket.

It was a bundle of wide tree leaves. When I removed all the leaves, a dark green pill appeared.

The moment I saw the pill, I hesitated for a moment.

‘I have to use it. Now is not the time to worry about the aftereffects.’

I put the pill straight into my mouth.

The pill, which could not be properly clumped together due to a lack of tools, crumbled as soon as it was put into my mouth and went down my esophagus.

Burning-

My whole body became hot.

Magic leaked from the pill and began to permeate throughout my body.

A pill called Mana Booster in the future.

A drug that was banned because the preparation method was easy and the ingredients were easy to obtain, but the aftereffects were too great compared to the amount of magic that could be obtained.

I only made one in case, but I ended up using it.

Koo-oong!

At that moment, Gwisusan took a step towards me.

“Hoo…….”

I slowly got up from my seat.

The pressure of magic that seemed impossible to resist felt a little looser.

There’s no way I can resist Gwisusan’s pressure with just this much increase in magic.

Gwisusan may be weaker than I expected.

But this was not enough.

One more, I took out one more hidden card I had left.

* * *

Tearing off the brooch and bracelet on the front of my clothes, I recalled what my aunt had said hesitantly just before the naming ceremony.

“Baby, promise me. If a situation arises where you have to use this magic in this exam, only think about these three things before doing it. The first is…….”

‘Have you perfectly achieved 2 stars?’

Yes.

I have enough magic and I have mastered how to use it.

And the second.

‘Is it a threat that would result in the amputation of your limbs or death if you don’t use it?’

A Class 3 monster is spewing hostility at me.

There was no greater threat to life than this.

“Using Reverse Heaven Art at your current level is extremely dangerous, as the power you gain is great. Use it as a last resort. The operation of magic is like this…….”

The flow of magic began to reverse.

The energy that should have been extending from the magic source to the magic circuit began to be rapidly recovered from all the magic circuits throughout the body back to the magic source.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The magic trapped in the magic source collided with each other and began to vibrate.

That vibration created power, and the increased power repeatedly rubbed against each other to create even greater power.

‘Crack!’

The magic source began to crack because I had consumed the Mana Booster and forcibly confined all the magic inside the magic source.

I gritted my teeth at the pain that felt like a knife was cutting into my heart.

Still not enough.

Crack!

Once again.

When I heard the noise of a crack forming in the magic source.

I opened the magic source.

Kwaang!

A flood of magic swept through my body like a riverbank collapsing.

The magic circuits and magic source screamed, and in proportion to that tremendous pain, an unprecedentedly great power was created throughout my body.

“Haaap!”

In an instant, I shook off the pressure of magic and rushed towards Gwisusan.

I felt as if the scenery surrounding me was pushed back like a panorama due to the tremendous speed.

-Boo-ooooong!

Tear!

It was a noise like glass breaking.

The iron sword was long gone.

Mujin, held in my hand, was swung with plenty of magic, but there wasn’t even a scratch on Gwisusan’s skin.

Flutter-!

However, the huge body shook even a little.

‘This is not enough!’

I poured all the amplified magic into Mujin.

The materialized magic was released strand by strand and formed at the end of Mujin.

Sword Qi [energy], the essence of power called Aura.

I glimpsed a part of the high realm that I could not yet reach.

Crack!

The pressure of the magic field that Gwisusan was raising became lighter with the strike swung with all my might.

This is proof that the attack was effective.

I gripped Mujin even harder.

‘As expected, he’s not able to exert his full strength because of the tamer!’

Even so, I can’t beat Gwisusan.

But.

‘My goal isn’t Gwisusan anyway.’

My victory condition is to escape from Gwisusan and capture the tamer.

A gap for that.

All I have to do is create a gap that will allow me to escape from Gwisusan and chase the tamer!

Kwakwang!

I repeatedly dodged here and there while riding on Gwisusan, preventing him from attacking properly.

The magic field that had spread around Gwisusan was becoming duller with each strike.

‘It’s possible!’

It would have been ridiculous if Gwisusan was in a normal state, but in this state, there was a possibility.

‘Last! I’ll bring it down with this!’

I scraped together all my power and pushed it into Mujin.

But at that moment.

-Boo-ooooooooong!

Gwisusan’s cry, filled with magic, spread across the ground.

Suddenly, all breath stopped and the flow of magic was cut off.

Fear.

At the most important moment, all flow of magic was cut off.

Once again, the immense pressure of the magic field pressed down on my body.

-Boo-ooong!

Gwisusan opened his mouth wide.

Breath, the exclusive property of the Dragon race.

I could feel an immense power that could not be compared to a lower-level dragon, Draco.

‘Damn…… it.’

My victory condition was to create a small gap in Gwisusan, leave the area, and deal with the tamer.

But even though I poured out all the cards I had, I couldn’t create a single gap.

Woong-!

At that moment, as if I had forgotten, a black energy soared from near my heart.

“Ah!”

Yes, I had one more card left.

Black energy.

The black energy that rose like wildfire pushed out all the fear that had penetrated my body.

And in an instant, Gwisusan, who had the black energy in his eyes, suddenly stopped moving.

‘Now is the time!’

Tung!

I kicked off the ground.

Gwisusan’s jaw was open. I swung my sword with all my might towards the bottom of it.

Mujin Eclipse, Exorcism.

Gwisusan’s head, struck in the jaw, tilted slightly towards the sky.

Kwaaaaaaaaang!

The tremendous magic cannon loaded in Gwisusan’s mouth was fired into the air.

A pillar of light was erected in the dark sky of Jeokcheong Island.

That light drove away the darkness of Jeokcheong Island and pushed away even the clouds in the sky.

‘It’s done!’

I kicked off the ground with all my might.

I didn’t feel any signs of Gwisusan chasing me.

Throb!

But there wasn’t much time left. The aftereffects of the Mana Booster and Reverse Heaven Art were already coming.

Cold sweat flowed.

The overheated magic circuits and magic source were cracking, and the still underdeveloped body was constantly sweating, but the inside of my body began to feel as cold as ice.

‘10 seconds left!’

Ignoring the pain felt throughout my body, I spread my senses as widely as possible.

Tamer.

Only that one is the goal.

‘8 seconds left!’

It’s there. It definitely had to be there.

Even if he ran away, I can catch up. If not, Gwisusan will chase me again.

‘4 seconds!’

Thud!

At that moment, I felt like the inside of my eyeballs were exploding.

My eyeballs didn’t actually explode. It was as if one of the nerves that had been covering my eyes had been pierced, and I began to see things that I couldn’t see before.

A line. It was a line.

A line appeared in the empty air, and that line was connected to Gwisusan, who had begun to move behind me.

Swish-!

I made Mujin into a thin blade with the highest cutting power and swung it.

However, the flow was cut off for a moment, but it was connected to Gwisusan in the back again, as if cutting water.

In the end, I have to find the tamer.

‘3 seconds!’

The place where the line extended was a narrow valley with a very narrow floor. Deep inside the valley with steep cliffs on both sides, I found the shaman I had been searching for.

“Wh, what! How!”

I found it.

1 second left.

I swing Mujin to aim for the tamer.

“Block it!”

Monsters flew in front of the tamer.

‘Damn it!’

The monsters were not a big threat.

But the problem was the fleeting time that those monsters created.

All that remains is the last step.

I swung Mujin with all my strength.

But at that moment, I sensed it.

Now 0 seconds.

Not enough.

Exactly one span. If it is swung like this, it will fail to suppress by exactly one span.

I resent my body that has not yet grown so much. Once again, it was the difference of one step, one breath, like before.

Crack-!

Paralysis was coming from the ends of my arms and legs. The magic circuits and muscles that had been used to their limit were screaming in pain.

‘No, it’s not over yet!’

I pushed all the dying flames of magic into Mujin.

The length of Mujin increases.

Exactly the length of one span.

“Keueok!”

Pooh-ack!

Blood stained the ground.

I fell to the ground with the momentum of swinging Mujin.

“Cough! Keuek!”

The tamer coughed and trembled.

And I felt the line of main force that had been flowing out was cut off.

‘Whether I find out information or not…… Let’s take care of my body first. If I pass out like this, it’s really over.’

I forcibly moved my arm, which was throbbing as if a bone was broken, and put it inside my chest.

This is my aunt’s third condition.

-Be sure to drink it after casting. Otherwise, you might die.

Click!

Nectar of the Gods.

I tilted my head back and pushed it into my throat.

‘I can’t pass out. Before the monsters approach, I need to completely suppress that guy…….’

I staggered to my feet.

Then the world spun. Feeling the sky and earth turning upside down, I fell to the spot.