Book 2: Chapter 323: What cannot be understood (3)

< What cannot be understood (3)>

Craaaaaaack-

The sound of the black bones cracking became faster.

However, nobody still noticed the noise.

Chhhhhhh-

Water fell, and…

Baaaaaang!

There was a loud explosion.

“Human!”

As Raon shouted…

Bang!

Cale’s body crashed into the castle wall.

Swooooooosh-

However, Cale’s body was thankfully covered by a gust of wind, saving him from being smashed into the wall.

“Haaaaa.”

Cale let out a deep breath.

– Cale, we don’t have much time!

He heard the crybaby's teary voice.

– At max it is 10 minutes. The limit will be reached soon.

‘10 minutes?’

Cale started to laugh.

"What the?”

‘It’s gotten so much stronger.

I can last 10 minutes while using instant?’

That was significant growth.

“Ugh!”

However, Cale couldn’t really be happy.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

The purple light of a spell fell toward where Cale was standing.

“Fuck!”

Baaaaang!

Cale barely managed to dodge the attack as he heard the castle wall behind him break.

‘Crazy bastard!’

This Dragon Lord was a crazy bastard.

– He is getting stronger and stronger! Sob, this is bad!

As the crybaby said…

The Dragon Lord was using magic more efficiently as time went on.

“Can you dodge this too?”

His magic also kept getting stronger.

“Fuck!”

Cale barely dodged.

Baaaaaang—!

There was a loud explosion behind his back.

Cale looked toward Neo.

‘Crazy bastard!’

This guy was crazy.

‘His heart is overloading even faster!’

Boom. Boom. Boom!

Neo's heart was now disgustingly large and this purple heart was beating so crazily that it would not be weird for it to explode at any moment.

But Neo did not stop it.

In fact, he left it alone, and-

“Hoo hoo.”

He laughed as he cast more spells.

– Cale!

He heard the Super Rock’s voice.

‘I know, I know!’

Cale immediately cast his shield.

Baaaaaang–!

The shield blocked the spell with a loud bang, but…

Cale immediately had to use the Fire of Destruction.

“Human, I'm okay!”

“Like hell you are!”

Raon was surrounded by shields.

Neo was charging toward Raon.

He was continuously casting spells along his way.

‘Damn it!’

Cale immediately launched a fiery thunderbolt in between Neo and Raon.

Crackle!

The rose gold thunderbolt smashed into the purple mana.

Baaaaang!

There were continuous loud explosions.

Cale could see the castle and the enemies around him getting hurt, but… He had no time to pay that any attention.

– Cale!

He ignored the Super Rock.

Cale continuously launched fiery thunderbolts toward Neo.

His body was also surrounded by a gust of wind.

Cale then wrapped the Sound of the Wind around his ankles as he charged toward Neo.

– Cale!

“Human!”

He ignored the voices calling out to him.

It could not be helped.

‘Fuck!’

Time stopping…

No matter how much he thought about it, that was not a blessing.

Neo and Cale made eye contact.

Smirk.

The corners of Neo’s lips twisted up.

“Should I kill this bastard this time?”

What was in the direction of the old man’s gaze…

“Should I cut his arm off since he's a swordsman?”

It was Choi Han.

"This motherfucking bastard!”

Cale continued to swear.

He cast his shield again.

Baaaaaang!

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body, which had stopped Neo's spell, was pushed back despite having a shield in front of him.

But Cale still could not move away.

Pat.

He felt Choi Han’s arm behind him.

‘Haaaa, really.

This is driving me crazy.’

This fucker Neo did not aim for Cale.

He kept launching spells to the people around Cale.

Yes, in this situation where time was flowing so slowly it felt as if it had stopped…

Cale could not leave the allies alone without any counterattack.

Boom. Boom.

Cale felt his heart beating normally and bit down on his lips.

– It’s already been five minutes!

Yes.

Time was quickly flowing by.

But he couldn't help but have other thoughts.

‘Is it not instant anymore?

10 minutes is too long to be called an instant.’

The name doesn’t fit any longer.

“Pfft.”

Cale subconsciously chuckled.

Drip.

However, dark red blood was dripping down from his mouth.

This was not because he used his ancient powers.

“It’s been a while.”

"What are you talking about?”

Cale answered Neo, who stopped attacking to ask in an amused voice.

“It’s been quite a while since I've bled because of an enemy.”

Stopping attacks…

From the impact of explosions…

Blood dripped down from his mouth because Cale received internal injuries.

His clothes ripped and he had many injuries that bled.

‘Wow.

It really has been a while.

I don’t recall something like this happening very often once I became Cale Henituse.

But I'm used to this.

I experienced this all the time when I was Kim Rok Soo.

It’s been a while.

Yeah. This sensation really has been a while.’

This feeling.

This situation.

This reality.

‘I've been living quite the easy life until now.’

Yes.

That was the reason his head wasn’t working as fast as it used to.

– Cale! Don’t overdo it!

The Super Rock warned him again.

– If you use multiple ancient powers at once while using instant… It will burden your plate even if you stop before your limit!

Cale knew this as well.

But he ignored the Super Rock.

“So I should watch while the others get hurt?”

The Super Rock couldn’t say anything in response.

Instead, Neo answered.

“Hehe. That is why this is entertaining.”

He couldn’t hold back his laugh.

“Your weakness is your allies.”

He pointed at Raon.

“See. You can't fight properly because you are trying to protect that child.”

Raon flinched but Neo ignored it and moved his finger again.

The reason Cale almost slammed into the castle wall a few moments ago…

“That old Dragon.”

Was to save Eruhaben.

“That swordsman.”

Then to save Choi Han. Neo pointed at Cale's allies one after the other.

He then lowered his finger and asked.

“But if you think about it… Isn’t the final result the same either way?”

Neo smiled benignly.

“Everybody will die in the end when my time ends. I'm sure you already know that.”

Cale scowled.

– That part is what is driving us nuts!

The cheapskate could not hide his anger and shouted.

No matter how many times Cale saved the others, the moment Neo's heart explodes…

Once this purple heart that was not the heart of one Dragon but the heart of a countless number of Dragons with the same attribute…

The aftershock would be intense.

– Everybody will die.

Cale couldn’t say anything to the cheapskate's comment.

‘Fuck!’

The moment Cale bit down on his lips…

Neo smiled benignly and opened up his arms.

"Come, take a look.”

Time then returned to normal.

Boom.

Cale heard his heartbeat.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The wind returned to normal as well.

“Ugh!”

“Ugh!”

He also heard the pained groans of the enemies who were crushed under the debris of the castle wall.

“…Cale-nim?”

He heard Choi Han's voice behind him as well.

"What is this-”

He then made eye contact with Eruhaben.

Chaos and fear were visible in his face.

Cale was well-aware of the cause of that fear.

"Cale-nim, your face-”

Cale.

“Raon!”

The fear on Eruhaben's face after seeing Cale and then Raon…

It was fear not about himself getting hurt but these two getting hurt.

“Ha.”

Cale couldn’t help but scoff.

‘After seeing that-’

Yes. After seeing a face like this…

‘How can I do nothing-’

Cale looked toward Neo.

“He, hehe-”

Neo was laughing.

Boom, boomboom, boomboom!

His heart really was overloading.

His heart that had returned to normal looked pretty close to exploding.

‘Come, take a look.’

That was what Neo had said.

“Grab that bastard!”

"We need to stop it!”

The rest of the people, enemies and allies alike who had remained in the normal time, all charged toward Neo.

They might all die once this bastard’s overload ended.

And-

Smirk.

Neo started to laugh.

“Isn’t this fun?”

Because they didn’t know when time would stop again.

Like what had just happened.

“…….”

Cale could see everybody who had frozen in place while charging at Neo because time had slowed down again.

Neo took a look at them before leisurely walking past them and approaching Cale.

“I would have been able to use an even more omnipotent power of time if I became the God of Time. It truly is a pity.

Haaaa. Haaaa.”

Neo's breathing was getting rougher.

“But at least I got to use it to my heart's content before I died?”

Neo, who returned to normal for a moment, had his insides become even more of a mess from the aftershock.

“Haaaa. Haaaa.”

A purple smoke was mixed in with his heavy breathing.

Oooooo-

Then the surroundings reacted to that purple smoke and started to rumble.

Boom. Boom boom, boomboomboom-!

The eccentric purple light was gathering around his quickly beating heart as well.

Yes, he would soon explode.

Neo knew this and shrugged his shoulders.

"Since things are like this anyway, I will give you a chance.”

“…What?”

Neo laughed at Cale’s question and answered.

“You are planning on getting rid of those Five Colors Bloods bastards too, right? So I plan on giving you an opportunity.”

"What opportunity?”

Neo answered benignly to Cale's question.

“Run away.”

“!”

Cale's eyes opened wide.

“You can move around in this time.

Ah.”

Neo gasped before continuing to speak.

"That young Dragon can move too, right?”

Both Neo and Cale looked at Raon.

Raon was still curled up inside the shield, not knowing what to do.

“Run away with that Dragon.”

Neo's voice sounded sincere.

"This is the last act of mercy I can show you guys.”

“…….”

He continued to speak to the silent Cale.

“It’s impossible to save the others as well. You know it as well.”

If Cale tried to fight and stop Neo, Neo would aim for Cale’s allies.

If he tried to stop Neo from doing that, he wouldn't be able to stop Neo.

– Cale, not much left!

Furthermore, Cale’s instant was almost at its limit.

He was able to use only about half of instant and stop because Neo returned time to normal in the middle, but…

With time slowing down again without giving him time to recover, Cale could only use instant for about five minutes.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

Cale could still hear his heart beating normally.

“… Fuck-”

Cale couldn't help but swear.

“Haha-”

Neo laughed.

It could not be helped.

“You plan on fighting?”

Cale looked ready to fight.

“Fine then, come!”

Cale charged toward Neo as soon as Neo opened up his arms.

– Cale!

Cale ignored the Super Rock's comment.

Chhhhhhh-

A water whip cut through the air and aimed for Neo.

Swoooooooosh-

Whirlwinds were gathered around Cale’s feet.

Crackle!

A fiery thunderbolt that left Cale's hand quickly flew toward Neo.

Water, wind, and fire.

He used three ancient powers at the same time.

Neo looked at the attacks coming toward him and extended his hand.

“Hoo hoo. I guess you don't value the lives of your friends?”

And…

Baaaaang!

The silver shield as well.

– Cale, you are going to blow up before your plate if you keep this up!

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

Drip.

He made the comment with blood dripping down his mouth.

“Full power.”

– …Fuck!

The Super Rock did not call out Cale’s name anymore after hearing that.

Oooooo– oooooo–

Aura started to appear around Cale.

The air rumbled.

“Ugh!”

Neo groaned for the first time.

“Kehehe. You truly do use all sorts of powers!”

Cale really did use all of his powers.

But Neo still did not shake under the Dominating Aura.

It was difficult for him, but he did not submit.

“However, to continue to submit to that power-”

He shrugged his shoulders.

“Won’t happen because I’m already in overload?”

Neo really couldn't see straight either.

Baaaaang!

The fiery thunderbolt crashed into purple mana.

It was different from before.

“Ugh!”

Neo was pushed back for the first time.

He looked down at his hand.

His hand was tingling.

This was the first time he felt pain anywhere other than his heart since his heart overloaded.

“You-”

Cale did not smile or speak as usual toward the scowling Neo.

Baaaaaang!

He simply swung the water whip.

“Ugh!”

Neo became surprised as he stopped the water.

The purple mana would not be able to stop all of the water.

His body was pushed back so hard he looked as if he was flung back.

“Human, no!”

Raon shouted at that moment.

Full power.

Cale truly planned on using all of his powers at max capacity.

Fire, water, wind, and wood.

Cale was using these ancient powers that could be called natural disasters at full power without caring.

They were all focused on attacks toward Neo.

While maintaining enough control so that his people did not get hurt.

Drip.

Cale's forehead filled with sweat.

Drip.

Blood dripped down from his nose.

“Human! Don’t do that!”

Cale heard Raon’s desperate plea but he ignored it.

– …….

The ancient powers matched Cale in remaining quiet.

Just one existence…

-3 minutes.

Only the Vitality of the Heart talked to tell Cale about how much time he had left.

Cale continued to charge at Neo without stopping.

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Translator's Comments

3 minutes… will it work?

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