Silver Dragon Chronicles Episode 27
Gooooooh!
But this attack was not the end.
Je-hwa’s instincts told him that the girl before him would never fall from just this much.
Je-hwa’s heart pounded wildly.
And he squeezed out every last drop of strength he could muster, pouring it all down on the girl.
“Die!”
Kwagagagagagagang!
Before he knew it, the area around Je-hwa was reduced to scorched earth.
“Huff…… Huff……”
Je-hwa gasped for breath.
The battle had grown so intense that all the nearby bystanders had long since fled.
“Damn it……”
Having used too much power in an instant, Je-hwa clutched his trembling hands and began to walk forward with difficulty.
Right then, the girl launched a swift counterattack at Je-hwa.
A strange force tore Je-hwa’s entire body to shreds, and blood was flowing from all over him.
In those ruins, a girl stood smiling.
It was the girl who had just fought Je-hwa.
“You’re stronger than I thought! I figured you’d gotten weaker, but you’ve gotten stronger.”
The girl wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and smiled deeply.
“Are you all right?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
The girl waved her hand at the man who appeared beside her and muttered.
“Fun.”
“W-what the hell! What’s with that state!”
“Damn it, I don’t know!”
Sawollin wore an expression of horror at seeing Je-hwa return with his whole body in tatters.
“W-who did you fight? Was it the Blood Cult?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Then who did this to you!”
“A strange girl.”
Sawollin frowned and asked at Je-hwa’s words.
“A strange girl?”
“Yeah.”
Saying so, Je-hwa sat down in place and looked up at the sky.
“Sigh……”
He looked exhausted as he sighed. He had lost too much blood.
“You’re okay, right?”
Sawollin asked with a worried expression, for she had never seen Je-hwa beaten this badly.
“I’m fine. I took care of the opponent too……”
Sawollin felt relieved when Je-hwa spoke with a faint smile.
***
“Lalalalala~”
A girl was walking up toward the main gate of the Kunlun Sect with a cheerful expression.
But the warriors guarding the main gate blocked her path.
“Approach beyond this point is forbidden.”
“Please state your business, miss.”
A girl of such breathtaking beauty that she seemed like a celestial maiden descended to earth spoke to the warriors blocking her.
“I came to find a guy named Eun Je-hwa? Could you step aside?”
At those words, the warriors made troubled expressions and said,
“There is no such person within the Kunlun Sect……”
Puhwak!
“If I ask you to move, just move. Why so much needless chatter?”
“W-what!”
The head of the warrior who had been answering the girl exploded in an instant, and the girl smiled at the sight.
The other warrior looked at the girl with a shocked expression.
“You move aside too, mister.”
The girl beamed again.
Puhwak!
This time, that warrior’s head exploded as well.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
Another commotion began in the Kunlun Sect.
Not much time had passed since the Blood Cult incident, yet another event had broken out.
This time, a girl had broken in through the main gate and was killing the Kunlun Sect warriors.
It was Un Won-nam who blocked the girl’s path.
“Why is such a young girl going around killing so cruelly?”
Un Won-nam, his expression stiff, spoke to the beaming girl.
“Wow, this old man is amazing!”
The girl clapped her hands while looking at Un Won-nam.
“You look much stronger than that Eun Je-hwa guy.”
“……!”
At the girl’s words, Un Won-nam’s face hardened even further.
“You know Eun Je-hwa?”
“Yeah, I know him. I came to kill him.”
“Are you an assassin from the Blood Cult?”
“Eek! Blood Cult? Don’t make me laugh. Do you dare look at me as if I’m one of those pieces of trash?”
The girl made an expression of displeasure and lightly waved her hand.
Hwarurururuk!
“……!”
With that, the blood around the girl began to burn up in an instant.
“Sorcery?”
“Sorcery? What’s that?”
The girl kept waving her hand while looking at the astonished Un Won-nam.
Kwagagagagang!
Shwik! Kwang!
In an instant, flames surged toward Un Won-nam at the girl’s will, and Un Won-nam, who lightly dodged the flames, sent a formless gang qi at the girl.
But the formless gang qi struck an invisible wall.
“You’re strong.”
The girl raised her hand, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.
At the same time, flames began to rise from the girl’s entire body.
“Shall we…… play a bit?”
The girl narrowed her eyes and rushed at Un Won-nam.
***
“……!”
Je-hwa, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes wide and got up.
Crash! Bang!
And he left the room in an instant.
Je-hwa and Sawollin had moved their lodgings to the main building of the Kunlun Sect as guests, and I Seol-hye was also staying in the same quarters with them in her capacity as Un Won-nam’s disciple.
At any rate, startled by the sudden commotion, Sawollin and I Seol-hye came out of their respective rooms.
“What’s going on?”
“Fire……”
“Huh?”
“Flames.”
Sawollin and I Seol-hye tilted their heads at Je-hwa, who was muttering incomprehensible words…….
Then, in an instant, Je-hwa’s figure disappeared into the darkness.
***
Kwang! Kwang! Kwagagagagang! Hwarururururuk! Kang!
Countless brilliant flames and invisible formless gang qi devastated the surroundings.
The girl was leisurely waving her hand about, while Un Won-nam sent formless gang qi at her with a calm gaze.
“Wow, amazing!”
The girl giggled and clapped.
At that sight, Un Won-nam raised a sword ring.
“Huh?”
The girl opened her eyes wide at the sword ring rising from Un Won-nam’s sword.
“This is dangerous……”
The girl, who had been muttering with a troubled expression, lightly clapped her hands.
“……?”
Un Won-nam’s expression, which had been puzzled by the girl’s sudden action, distorted in shock.
This feeling—he had felt it somewhere before.
‘Eun Je-hwa!’
He felt the exact same energy from the girl—an unfathomable power that he had felt from Eun Je-hwa for a fleeting moment.
Je-hwa’s had been a latent power. But… this was an already awakened power.
Kwagagagagagagagang!
Hwarururururuk!
In an instant, an enormous roar of explosions and flames incomparable to anything until now engulfed the surroundings.
***
Kwagagagagagagagang!
“……!”
Sawollin and I Seol-hye, who had been making bewildered expressions because of Je-hwa’s sudden disappearance, hardened their faces at the explosion sound that rang out in that instant.
This was a roar that could not be compared to the Explosive Heat Bomb they had seen not long ago.
Moreover, they could feel a scorching aura even where they were.
“W-what!”
Could Je-hwa have felt this and run toward it?
Sawollin and I Seol-hye looked at each other and then began running outside.
***
“S-she was a monster…… *cough*!”
“You’re more of a monster. How can you still be alive after taking that?”
The girl spoke to Un Won-nam, who was standing with his sword as a crutch, his hands trembling as he frowned.
He should definitely have died, yet the old man before her was alive.
The old man was far stronger than the girl had thought.
The girl, who had been taking a deep breath to finish off Un Won-nam, stopped in her tracks and turned her head.
And discovering Je-hwa looking at her there, she smiled.
“Hello~”
The girl waved her hand and greeted Je-hwa.
But Je-hwa ignored the girl and asked Un Won-nam,
“Old man, are you okay?”
“I think I’m okay…… *cough*!”
Answering Je-hwa’s words, Un Won-nam spat out blood.
Je-hwa quietly watched that sight, then turned his gaze to the girl.
The girl, displeased that Je-hwa had ignored her and spoken to Un Won-nam, puffed out her cheeks and glared at Un Won-nam.
“Die!”
Kwang!
“……!”
The girl, who had sent flames toward Un Won-nam, opened her eyes wide when Je-hwa grabbed and extinguished the flames with his hand.
“You die.”
“Heh……”
The girl made an expression of amusement at Je-hwa’s words, then beamed.
And with that, carpet bombing began.
Hwarururururuk!
“Ugh!”
Sawollin and I Seol-hye arrived at the place where the surroundings had become a sea of fire.
“W-what in the world……”
While Sawollin was blankly staring at the sea of fire, I Seol-hye discovered something and shouted with a shocked expression.
“Master!”
I Seol-hye ran to Un Won-nam, who was barely keeping his balance, and supported him.
“I-I’m fine. More importantly, Je-hwa……”
“What about Je-hwa?”
Sawollin asked, startled by Un Won-nam’s words.
“O-over there……”
When Un Won-nam spoke while looking at the sea of fire, explosions were heard from within it.
Kwagagagang! Kwang! Kwagang! Hwaruruk! Kwagagagang!
Along with the ceaseless explosions, an enormous pressure began to be felt.
It was a shockwave generated by the clash of those who had surpassed human standards.
“Kuk!”
Sawollin clenched her teeth tight, seemingly unable to endure even that shockwave.
Kwagang!
Then, someone came flying through the flames.
Thud!
“Keuk!”
He was none other than Je-hwa.
His clothes were in tatters, and from his right chest, blood kept flowing as if he had been pierced by something.
Both his fists were shattered as well, making it look difficult to swing them.
“Ah, you really are strong.”
In an instant, a girl appeared through the flames.
The girl’s eyes had turned a blazing red before anyone knew it.
Sawollin flinched upon seeing that girl.
She understood that the girl before her was the one who had fought Je-hwa.
But for that, the girl was far too unharmed.
Je-hwa had been beaten to a pulp.
The girl smiled brightly and lightly waved her hand, and with that, the surrounding flames began to die down.
“You. Be mine.”
The girl looked at Je-hwa and spoke with a bright smile.
“Piss off.”
But Je-hwa answered with a fierce scowl.
As if displeased with that answer, the girl narrowed her brows and looked at Je-hwa.
Still, Eun Je-hwa before her pleased her immensely.
She liked the pureness he possessed, and she liked even more the cruelty hidden within that pureness.
The girl could tell that she was quite drawn to Je-hwa.
She liked everything about him, but what attracted her most was that strong willpower—something she could never have seen in the Eun Je-hwa of the past.