Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 202



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Jinseong, who was wondering what the loud noise and vibration was, felt it.

It wasn’t just an instinctive movement.

A presence that Jinseong himself could clearly feel, a feeling that something was rushing toward him.

The Dark Knight is not special because he simply controls the power of time.

It’s not that great because it can open a dimensional rift.

Basically, isn’t the nickname given to the Dark Knight in the game Dungeon & Fighter ‘the most perfect swordsman’?

So, that’s what Jinseong felt.

Unlike when he first came into possession, Jinseong, whose body and mind had now become perfectly one, was able to draw out the Dark Knight’s original power that only existed in the settings and manifest it, albeit to a limited extent, and what reached him was a wave.

A wave that can be felt by the Asura profession of the male ear inspector profession.

At the point when I felt the wave that contained ominousness and danger, it was difficult to express it simply as a vibration of air.

[True! Something is-.]

Black Goo said.

Jinseong was already raising his sword.

‘Solderos! Sheep’s Ears! Damn, but I feel like I’ve experienced this before!?’

While using the abilities outside the standard of and .

It was only for a moment that some of the abilities of Arad’s strongest inspectors were absorbed into the true body.

Jinseong had already seen it.

The being that emitted the ominous waves that he felt, and the one that moved faster than the ominous waves that he emitted and approached Jinseong himself.

Jinseong didn’t even have to care whether he had said, “The black ball is coming!” or not.

Because it was just as Jinseong had expected.

‘No, I’ve actually experienced this situation once-.’

The ghostly eyes clearly belonged to someone he knew.

However, the fact that the eyes were approaching at such a speed that it seemed as if a red afterimage had been left behind, and that the sincerity contained in those eyes, was just disconcerting to Jinseong.

The weapons were already equipped.

Maybe it looks like slow motion because time passes slowly.

Or maybe it was because Jinseong himself was extremely focused.

Anyway, Jinseong was able to react to the enemy’s weapon that was moving as if it was going to cut him down.

in other words.

‘-That’s it?! Why… …Why is Kashiyas here again!’

This means that Jinseong was aware of the attack by the 4th Apostle, Conqueror Cassillas, and accepted it.

Kwaaaa …

What’s different from before is that Jinseong can still stand in place.

It was a very different sight than the first clash, where he had broken his wrists, dislocated his shoulders, and been tossed around like a doll, banging into places and leaving himself a mess.

“Coolook.”

But it was impossible to stop the blood from seeping out through his mouth.

Even while coughing up blood, Jinseong had to speak.

“Chili shrimp… no… not Chili shrimp, right, koolook.”

My first thought was the possibility of betrayal by the chili shrimp.

Did he pretend not to hear the vibrations and noises that Vivi felt? Did he drag Jinseong into a dark place and deal with it through Kashiyas?

But there is no reason for that. It is a ridiculous idea to begin with.

Even if there was a 0.1% chance, Jinseong could be certain that it was not the correct answer.

Because I believed in my own strength and senses.

“But why-.”

What you see in front of you is not the ‘Chief Car’ of the chili shrimp.

This means it is not .

“-Why did you attack me with your own body, Cooluck, right?”

Because he was the real Fourth Apostle, the Conqueror Cassillas.

Jinseong took out the bread Kanna had made from [Inventory] and chewed it while asking.

Casillas’ eyes glowed even redder.

Jinseong had to be embarrassed as he met the gazes looking at him.

‘Embarrassed? What, are you embarrased? Who’s embarrased!’

This is because it was Casillas who was actually expressing his embarrassment.

Who was attacked? What is flowing down his chin? It is Jinseong’s own blood.

The HP recovery effect has already taken effect on the true body and the pain has already disappeared, but why are you suddenly panicking when you almost caused a big problem?

“Ahem.”

Casillas cleared his throat as if to cut off Jinseong’s thoughts.

Then he opened his mouth carefully.

“……It’s grown.”

“yes?”

Jinseong tilted his head.

Casillas slowly turned his head away, as if it was difficult to meet Jinseong’s gaze.

It wasn’t long before the ‘no way’ thought in Jinseong’s head became reality.

“I was just trying to send it flying. But then you picked up your sword… I didn’t realize it.”

“……Really?”

The intensity of the expression ‘sent away’ that he used is questionable, but even putting that aside, it was just absurd.

You didn’t mean to attack?

But Jinseong himself felt his waves and reacted first, so he attacked?

‘So you’re saying, ‘If I had just taken it quietly, nothing would have happened, but since you moved, I got hit in the bone,’ and getting angry instead?’

Casillas can read the true intentions of those who are armed with weapons to some extent.

But at least for now, we can see that we have read Jinseong’s mind without doing that.

“Ahem, I guess it’s your fault for suddenly making me curious.”

He muttered in a crawling voice, not meeting Jinseong’s burning eyes.

I want to spit out a bunch of curses, but he’s an apostle anyway.

He is a battle maniac. He is a swordsman who is crazy about fighting.

First of all, Jinseong asked him without provoking him because he also had some questions.

“No, but rather, why is Kashiyas-sama here-”

“The story will be told later!”

No, I was going to ask.

Before he could finish speaking, Casillas lifted his foot.

With a “Phew!” sound, Jinseong’s body was blown away from Kashiyas.

“crazy-.”

Jinseong reacted even to Casillas’ sudden front kick.

Was it Casillas who was sneaking the ball, or was it Jinseong himself who blocked it perfectly by crossing his arms in an X shape?

There wasn’t much pain or anything, but the physical force pushing him away was inevitable, but of course, Jinseong in his current state had no time to think deeply about it.

‘No matter how much of an apostle-.

Jinseong’s expression had already changed as he woke up from rolling around in a hallway somewhere in the castle of the dead.

There is no one who wouldn’t be this angry after being kicked out of the blue.

‘-What is this!’

Jinseong tried to protest to Casillas right away, even blowing out his breath.

Even if the other person is an apostle, he is not a person who can tolerate this kind of situation.

‘Wait a minute, that’s-.’

But at that moment, there was another wave that Jinseong felt.

[True, true!]

The urgent voice of the black goose assured me that the wave was definitely not a lie.

Jinseong, who was about to rush towards Kashias, hurriedly changed direction and jumped into the gaps between the mechanical devices located throughout the hallway.

Again… … Again… … Again… … .

What was heard was the sound of regular footsteps.

However, Jinseong, who was able to sense waves like Asura, was confused. The sound of footsteps and the speed of the approaching waves did not match at all.

Should I say that it is a sense of alienation that narrows the distance by more than three steps at a time?

Above all, who is the one who can make his presence felt so evident while being in the same space as the Fourth Apostle, Conqueror Cassillas?

‘This is Luke’s lab… … no, but… … .’

Jinseong swallowed dry saliva.

It is difficult to answer the question ‘why’, but there is a person who comes to mind when you ask ‘who’.

Just to confirm it, Jinseong had to carefully stick his head out.

The person approaching from beyond Casillas was a figure who seemed to boast a figure even larger than Casillas.

Of course, it was soon clear that not all of those figures were flesh.

The reason his body looked thick was because he wore a large cloak.

A shoulder shield extends heavily from the shoulders, and beneath it is a large cloak that flutters even in the windless corridors of the Castle of the Dead.

The owner of the cloak had a slender build.

A provocative outfit that reveals a significant portion of the body from the chest to the abdomen?

That didn’t even catch my eye.

What Jinseong saw was the face of the approaching person.

A circlet covers half of the face, revealing only one eye.

And beneath those eyes there was a clearly visible pattern.

The imprint was shaped like a large, flowing drop, like a teardrop.

A being called ‘Crying Eye’ because of that pattern stood next to Casillas.

Jinseong knew her.

Even though I saw it in person for the first time, I knew that it was a being that had a greater sense of oppression than when I saw it through the monitor.

‘Hilda… … .’

The Second Apostle, Hilda with Crying Eyes.

Jinseong finally saw her.

* * *

Jinseong pressed his chest hard.

I was so nervous that I even had ridiculous worries like, “Will Hilda hear my pounding heart?”

‘Casillas and Hilda… … I knew they would appear in the main scenario related to Luke. But they appear like this… … .’

And after seeing Hilda, Jinseong also thought of something.

There were parts of the epic quest that weren’t even in the script.

‘That’s the one in the cinematic animation. Hilda and Cassillas find Luke and have a fight with him. The loud noise? The vibration? That must be the three of them clashing.’

Luke unleashes his hidden power and drives out Hilda and Cassillas.

And after Hilda confirms that Cassius cannot kill Luke and that it is impossible for an apostle to kill another apostle, she appears before the adventurers.

Since the real experience was through gameplay, starting from the ‘appearing part’, it was impossible to clearly know when and how they moved.

‘So, will the adventurer-Vivi appear in front of you soon? Then what will they be talking about now? This part isn’t even in the cinematic animation.’

It was a shame that he was hit with one heartfelt blow, but thanks to the apostle who was crazy about battle, he was able to avoid the danger of being discovered directly by Hilda. Jinseong listened for a moment.

Hilda said.

“What’s wrong, Casillas? What’s going on all of a sudden?”

“No. I thought there might be another guy the old man brainwashed… but it turns out he was just a scumbag.”

Casillas looked at Hilda for a moment, then quickly turned his head and answered.

Even though he was blowing his nose and giving off the impression that he was telling her not to talk, Hilda asked nonchalantly.

“Did you get rid of it?”

“Yes. I blew it up.”

Casillas spoke without a hint of hesitation.

Jinseong was momentarily surprised because he was the type of person who would be far from lying or acting shamelessly, but on the other hand, it wasn’t that surprising.

‘Well, that’s basically telling the truth.’

It was a fact that there was no need to even pretend to lie, in that Jinseong treated himself as a ‘little thing’ and ‘blew it away’.

As I paused for a moment to lick my lips in regret and listened again, Hilda began walking ahead of Casillas.

There were two things that surprised Jinseong.

One is a gait where the rhythm of the sound and leg movements do not match at all.

Is she walking? How are her feet moving, covered by her lush fur?

But I didn’t have time to focus on that part.

“I got rid of it… for something like that…”

All Hilda had to do was lift up the staff she was holding in one hand.

As the light began to pour into the hallway as if the sun had risen, Jinseong also had to quickly put his head back in.

Casillas kept coughing.

“Ahem, ahem, why? Are you dissatisfied?”

“No, I wouldn’t complain. But you, who cut off Luke’s head… just spent your energy ‘blowing away’ the ‘small fry’…”

“How can I not do that? I just did it because dealing with that old man wasn’t enough to cool down my boiling blood.”

It was a blunt voice, but it was also true.

Hilda nodded with a subtle smile.

“That’s true. But it seems like my blood hasn’t cooled down yet.”

“What? Oh, no, wait-.”

There was no time for Casillas to stop him.

───────────… … !!!!

As Hilda waved her hand in the air once, two energies, one blue and one red, began to fly towards the end of the hallway, forming a circle as if they were going to devour each other.