Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 35

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Episode 35

Whoosh! Bang!

Each time the Queen moved her legs, the air rippled as if a bomb had exploded.

If her legs so much as grazed a human body, the child’s fragile flesh would be easily crushed.

But this human wasn’t allowing it, not even once.

Even as he bled, defended, and rolled awkwardly across the ground, he hadn’t suffered a single fatal blow.

‘What kind of nonsense is this…?’

She was bewildered.

She was strong.

From the moment she was born, the Queen recognized her own specialness.

Absorbing the thoughts of countless Faceless Ones, she became aware of her own power and existence as soon as she opened her eyes, knowing how strong her existence was in this world.

Stronger than the weak humans, of course, but also stronger than the Faceless Ones, and perhaps more special than some of the beasts.

But why?

Why couldn’t she kill this tiny creature, flitting about like a fly?

“Hoo-.”

The human evaded another attack and exhaled raggedly.

Kwaaaang!

The Queen charged again, but the human once more wielded his weapon, freely changing its form to block or evade every attack.

-Die!

“Kugh!”

Due to the overwhelming difference in mass, his defense wasn’t perfect, yet he always avoided a fatal blow.

Clearly, the Queen was overwhelming the human.

The human was only running away, and the Queen was continuing her attacks without any significant damage.

But the Queen felt something unknown and unpleasant filling her head.

-…What is this feeling?

The Queen did not know that this feeling was called unpleasantness, an extremely human emotion that monsters could not easily possess.

Kwaaang!

At that moment, another firestorm erupted in the distant forest, piercing through her thoughts once more.

The Queen instinctively felt the connection with one of the mature forms being severed.

-Kieeeek! My forest! My child!

These insane intruders were burning the forest and her children.

Though not directly born from her, she was connected to all the Faceless Ones in this forest.

-…I will not waste any more time.

Kwang!

The Queen kicked off the ground.

Explosive acceleration from multiple legs.

The human evaded again, quickly.

Kwang! Kwang!

In the continuing back-and-forth, the Queen read the direction of the weapon with her numerous eyes.

And in an instant, the human swung the blade to defend.

A weak attack that could be easily deflected with a slight movement of her leg.

But the Queen avoided the leg instead.

“……!”

Thwack!

The weapon tore through the Queen’s belly and lodged itself inside.

The Queen’s compound eyes, gleaming, were reflected in the human’s bewildered eyes.

-Got you.

The Queen clenched her abdominal muscles, preventing the weapon from escaping.

“Kugh!”

The human managed to reduce the size of the weapon and pull it out, but by then, the Queen’s legs were already moving.

-Die!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Queen mercilessly slammed her legs down.

The ground flipped over and the earth shook with each strike.

Crack!

The Queen felt something breaking at the end of her leg.

-Kieeeeeeek! I will chew on your corpse! I will make your kin the food for my children….

The Queen stopped breathing.

In the place where the dust settled, there was no human child. Only broken pieces of rock.

A black figure slowly rose from the dust.

Covered in wounds, but not collapsing again, the boy.

Again. He had evaded all of this again.

The Queen’s compound eyes scanned the human.

And soon found something.

-Those eyes!

The Queen felt a boiling rage and opened her mouth wide.

Eyes that emitted a faint light, like the sunset.

-Those eyes! What on earth are you seeing!

The Queen shouted in a voice filled with anger.

***

The special power slumbering in the blood of the Soongmoo Yi family, an ability.

The eldest brother, who already stood shoulder to shoulder with the older generation despite his young age, had unlocked a special ability suited to his talent for mastering both magic and martial arts: ‘Two Hearts,’ an ability specialized in mana [magical energy].

The eighth brother, befitting the owner of the Holy Sword, had acquired the ability of ‘Regeneration.’

The eldest brother’s ability was a rare one that had only appeared twice in the family’s history, and the eighth brother’s was a somewhat common trait, but an ability highly regarded for its immense utility.

But what I obtained was unprecedented.

My father spoke as soon as he saw my eyes.

-Such eyes, people call them Mystic Eyes.

There were quite a few records of ancestors who had succeeded in obtaining something like Mind’s Eye after much training, but there were no records of ancestors who had obtained such special ‘eyes’ as an ability.

To that extent, Mystic Eyes were a power that appeared very rarely, even when considering the entire world.

Eyes of Foresight, Eyes of Charm, Eyes of Death Perception, Fiery Eyes of Truth…….

Such ‘eyes’ had always had a great impact on the world.

And my Mystic Eyes would be one of them, so it would be so.

I wasn’t particularly surprised to have obtained Mystic Eyes.

The feeling of my eyes bursting during the naming ceremony. That was a sign.

My eyes began to see what people could not see.

Things that were hidden, things that were concealed, the complex and bizarre flows of countless powers that filled the world.

I was still unfamiliar with it, only able to read fragmented pieces or reading too much, regardless of my will.

But abilities, like mana, were bound to develop. No one knew how far my Mystic Eyes would grow.

-It is a dangerous power. I have seen those who were destroyed because they could not control their eyes. If you have not yet fully awakened, it is not too late. If you wish, I will seal them.

My father had never expressed that level of concern for his children before.

That was why Lee Seo-hyun, who was present, was so surprised.

But I had no intention of doing so.

“I don’t need a seal. If it is a power given to me, no matter how dangerous, I will subdue it and make it my own.”

I stared at the Faceless One in the thick dust.

Mystic Eyes see what is invisible.

I read the flow of mana before the Queen’s body moved, and was able to evade and defend half a beat faster each time.

But because the gap was so great, I couldn’t perfectly evade without any damage.

‘Left arm bone, ribs, internal injuries too….’

Cough-

Blood was mixed in with my cough.

My eyes read the attacks, but my still underdeveloped body couldn’t keep up.

I had to be satisfied that it ended only at this level.

Click!

I aimed Mujin [MC’s weapon] at the Queen, sprayed one of the two potions I received as supplies on my arm, and drank the other.

It was first aid-level treatment, but it was enough for now.

Swish-

The sand dust stirred up by the gale caused by the exploding shells that continued to shake the forest was clearing away.

‘I’ve held out long enough.’

I firmly fixed my limp left arm with mana and raised Mujin.

Now that the Queen had recognized my Mystic Eyes, I wouldn’t be able to hold out any longer.

So now it was time to switch to offense!

‘Now, right after awakening, while she is still unable to properly control her body, is the perfect opportunity.’

Whoosh!

Clearing away the faintly remaining sand dust, I quickly approached the Queen.

-You worm of a human!

Acidic liquid sprayed from the Queen’s entire body.

‘I only have one chance!’

Mystic Eyes read the path.

Following the path shown by my eyes, Mujin extended out.

Not a martial art with techniques or forms like Subjugation, but simply a kind of body movement to use Mujin efficiently.

Manbyeon, Basic Form.

Black obsidian-like aura formed at the tip of the blade.

I swung the ring sword (環刀) [a type of single-edged Chinese sword] with the momentum of my run.

Constant creation of variables.

Diversity of attack and defense.

Mystic Eyes found the path, and Mujin pioneered it.

To walk that path, I digested the techniques in Mujin’s memories, Manbyeon, with excellent combat sense.

-Kieeeek! How! How!

The weapon continued to change according to the situation, and the movements that followed changed incessantly.

The Queen realized that her reactions were slowing down.

Clearly slower than herself, smaller than herself, and weaker than herself, yet this human child was one step ahead of her.

‘Small attacks won’t end this.’

Throb-

Feeling the pain of rising intraocular pressure, I decided to take out one more hidden card.

A technique I wasn’t yet proficient in.

Amplified mana was processed into aura.

Obtained by processing new memories of Mujin, the beginning of lost ancient magic.

Through that beginning, I finally completed the next stage of my aunt and my magic.

The manifestation of an Aura Skill.

Strengthening Qi [life energy], Lightning.

Crackle-

The black aura contained in the raised Mujin sparked like electricity.

Mujin, transformed into a greatsword larger than my body, drew the sword path of Subjugation.

-Another strange trick……!

The Queen charged head-on.

Towards that Queen, I brought down the greatsword.

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!

In that instant, a flash of light erupted, so bright that even the lights filling the forest seemed to darken.

***

Thud- Thwack!

Acrid smoke billowed in the Faceless One’s forest.

In that smoke, the Queen staggered and rose to her feet.

-Aaaaaah…….

A groan mixed with pain was heard.

I clicked my tongue, feeling my entire body throbbing from the aftermath of the Aura Skill.

‘It was shallow.’

Two legs, a long gash on the torso.

Green blood dripped from the wounds on the Queen’s body.

It was an astonishing level of injury for a young warrior who hadn’t even come of age to inflict on a Rank 5 monster, but it was perhaps natural that she wasn’t finished off.

-You worm…….

The Queen swayed, unable to balance her legs, and exuded a thick killing intent.

‘I couldn’t cut through that thick hide after all.’

There was only one reason why the wound was shallow.

It was because my body hadn’t fully grown yet.

Manbyeon, Aura Skill, Mystic Eyes too.

If only my body had grown a little more and endured, I might have been able to do it.

-I will make you my kin…… and pull out what is inside…… to restore this body. Don’t think you can die peacefully. I will make you suffer for countless eons!

The Queen’s hand reached out to me.

From the Queen’s fingertips, a cluster of spiderwebs like a net burst out.

‘Kugh!’

I threw myself to avoid it, but the approach of the spiderwebs was much faster than my speed.

Swish!

Eventually, the spiderwebs touched my head.

I tried to shake it off and swing Mujin, but.

-Obey.

The moment the Queen’s thoughts were heard, my vision wavered.

It felt like iron needles had flown and pierced into my head.

“Kyak!”

I screamed without realizing it from the terrible headache.

Obey-. Obey-.

The strange voice did not stop.

And.

Gush!

I felt like something was pouring out from within me.

-Hahaha! That arrogant face…… Huh? Wh, what is this! A, aaaaaaack!

The Queen suddenly began to scream.

-Kieeeeeeeeeek!

The Queen convulsed and rushed at me.

Watching that, I took a long sigh and opened my mouth.

“……Too late.”

Those words were not directed at the Queen.

Kwang!

The Queen’s swung attack was deflected by something.

“I’m sorry. I was late because I had to break through the mature forms.”

What appeared, clearing away the smoke and the debris of the collapsing ground, were several students.

From the start, I wasn’t the only one who came here.

I was only one of the important turning points in the plan.

“Why are you so late?”

“I came as quickly as possible? Even though there are exploding shells, avoiding the monsters…….”

“Still, you’re late. We’ll have to do special training when we get back.”

“Ugh, even in this situation, you’re saying such things. Really.”

Team 1, led by Kim Han.

Six students surrounded me.

-From now…… immediately, evacuate……! The collapse of the dungeon is…….!

Lee Jung-ho’s voice was also heard from the radio, where noise began to be heard in the mana waves.

I saw the emotion called anger in the Queen’s compound eyes.

-No! You can’t escape!

The Queen’s piercing scream rang in my ears.

“Ugh, that monster. What kind of scream is that?”

Kim Han frowned and covered his ears.

Whoaaaa!

At that moment, the overflowing flames surged up to my nose again.

“Young Master! We will evacuate quickly. Lean on me!”

Kwang!

The Queen’s incoming attack lacked the heaviness from before.

The students blocked the Queen’s weakened attack, and Kim Han immediately supported me and got up from my seat.

Lastly.

The students of Team 1 threw all the remaining exploding shells at the Queen.

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!

-Kieeeeeeeeeek!

The Queen, engulfed in flames, screamed.

It wouldn’t do much damage, but it was enough to buy time to get away.

-I curse you! I curse you!

Kwaaang!

Amidst the continuing explosions and the noise of the collapse.

We evacuated, listening to the Queen’s voice struggling on the collapsing ground behind us.

“It sounds like scratching a chalkboard. It’s a terrible scream.”

Kim Han frowned.

“Scream? That sounded like a scream to you?”

“Yes? Then how did you hear it, Young Master?”

I was silent for a moment.

“I guess you can’t hear it.”

“Yes?”

“It’s nothing. Let’s move quickly.”

“Ah…… Yes…….”

Kim Han nodded, and one of the students then shouted.

“A transmission just came from the base camp! The mature forms that were all over the forest are suddenly giving up the fight and flocking to the nest!”

I clicked my tongue.

Perhaps their goal was us.

‘The last struggle.’

Escape wouldn’t be easy, but I wasn’t too worried.

This operation was practically over.