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\'This is in another realm of strength altogether.\'

Simply coming face to face with Kang Jin-Ho wasn\'t enough to know more about him. Only by standing on the opposite side as his enemy could the Master see Kang Jin-Ho\'s true nature.

...And that was what the Master was doing right now!

Would a starving predator threatening him with its maw wide open right in front of his throat feel the same as this situation?

For a moment there, the Master thought he could hear a beastly growling. His skin began prickling. His heart began tightening from dread. However, what made everything so much worse for the Master was this crushing fear.

\'I\'m scared? Me?\'

Such a thing was unthinkable!

The Master wasn\'t going to bluff about transcending his fear of death. After all, he believed one\'s fear of death was like an inescapable fetter a person would have to live with until their final moments.

However, what the Master was currently facing was not… death. No, Kang Jin-Ho was just another human being. A martial artist like him. So, for the Master to feel fear just because he stood on the opposing side? Even before they had begun their showdown?

This was inconceivable. However, it was also reality. One he couldn\'t ignore.

\'What is this… disgusting thickness?\'

This feeling of sticky thickness akin to holding a palmful of blood had enveloped the Master\'s entire body. A better description would be the unmistakable stickiness and thickness of high-density liquid. But there was no liquid here. It was simply the surrounding air crushing down and tightening around the Master!

Didn\'t the Master also feel something like this back when he first saw Kang Jin-Ho at the airport? Didn\'t he think that Kang Jin-Ho possessed the horrifying energy no human should be able to possess?

Didn\'t he think Kang Jin-Ho possessed pure evil inside him?

However, the pressure he felt back then was child\'s play compared to what he was feeling right now.

Even the pressure Kang Jin-Ho unwittingly released was enough to torture the Master into thinking that he was walking into the mouth of Hell. But now, Kang Jin-Ho was deliberately unleashing his hostile aura toward the Master.

No wonder the crushing pressure this time was beyond the Master\'s ability to describe!

\'Huh. It seems I\'ve done something that doesn\'t suit me.\'

The Master suddenly began realizing how far he had drifted away from the heat of battles. Kang Jin-Ho\'s aura rousing one\'s terror was undeniable, but the Master in his youth wouldn\'t have been shaken up this badly.

This fear, it… The Master didn\'t want to admit it, but the true origin of his fear wasn\'t the choking killing intent Kang Jin-Ho was emitting. No, it was all due to the Master\'s weak mind that got scared by the prospect of fighting an expert far stronger than him.

In that case, what was he scared of? Defeat? Or death?

"Hmm…" The Master slowly raised his longsword and pointed it at Kang Jin-Ho. "I know how strong you are. However, underestimate me at your…"

Kang Jin-Ho gruffly retorted. "I didn\'t know people from your area fought with their mouths."

"…!" The Master clamped his mouth shut.

Kang Jin-Ho was right, though. Weren\'t they standing here to fight each other? In that case, was there any further need to talk?

Although, the Master was attempting to buy some time to ease the tension trying to choke him out just now. But his scheme failed even before it could start.

\'Huh. He\'s not even giving me a room to escape.\'

The Master could tell his potential retreat path had been blocked off. In that case, what should he do?

\'Well, it\'s time to advance, then!\'

The Master\'s figure seemingly extended like a strand of a noodle. However, that was merely an illusion born from his incredible movement speed.

The Master\'s longsword tore through the air and closed in on Kang Jin-Ho\'s head at a scarcely believable speed.

The pure-white aura enveloping the longsword radiated brightly like a fluorescent lamp.

Kang Jin-Ho raised his Crimson Destiny to fend off the incoming attack. And then…!

KA-BOOOOOM!

An explosion went off!

That was not a noise created by a sword clashing against another sword. Despite the deafening noise, however, Kang Jin-Ho\'s Crimson Destiny still accurately blocked the Master\'s attack.

However, the real attack hadn\'t started yet.

The Master brought the staff in his left hand over the contact point between two swords. He didn\'t hit it with any appreciable strength. Indeed, it was nothing more than him lightly tapping the spot.

Feeling puzzled, Kang Jin-Ho was about to respond to that action when…

"...Keuk?!"

Bzzzzz!

When the Master whispered a short incantation, a powerful energy suddenly traveled through the Crimson Destiny to enter Kang Jin-Ho\'s body, causing him to gasp in shock.

\'Is that… lightning?\'

It felt like high-voltage electricity was now flowing through his body.

This horrifying pain felt exactly the same as when Kang Jin-Ho fought enemies who were experts at lightning techniques back in Zhongyuan. Even someone like Kang Jin-Ho had no choice but to create some distance.

Bang!

Kang Jin-Ho kicked the ground and jumped far back. Despite seizing the initiative, the Master allowed Kang Jin-Ho to retreat surprisingly easily. The truth was, though?

This was what the Master wanted in the first place.

The Master wielded his staff once more. Suddenly, ten-plus arrows of light materialized in the air. And then, those things flew toward Kang Jin-Ho at the figurative speed of light.

Kang Jin-Ho\'s eyes opened slightly wider. That… was no sword aura. Nor was it a type of palm energy strike, either! Quite literally, those things were masses of energy.

And those deadly masses of energy were flying straight at Kang Jin-Ho\'s torso at the speed of light!

Clang, clang, claaang!

The Crimson Destiny and Azuremourne worked in harmony to deflect and slap all those masses of light away.

Even if those things looked like nothing more than light, they were still masses of energy.

Since his weapons were also clad in energy, nothing stopped Kang Jin-Ho from slapping the light arrows away.

However, that was when…

"Burn!"

In the blink of an eye, gigantic walls of inferno erupted all around Kang Jin-Ho. The noises of massive flames burning away were eerily similar to water gushing out of a large pump.

These vicious flames melted the ground while belching out pitch-black smoke.

"W-what…?!" Lee Hyeon-Su\'s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "W-what is going on…?"

Wiggins, his expression tense, began explaining the situation to Lee Hyeon-Su. "A magic swordsman\'s preferred way of fighting is a world apart from an average martial artist\'s."

One shouldn\'t forget that a magic swordsman utilized techniques from two disparate schools. As such, the ways to utilize their skill sets were nearly endless. Out of all those limitless possibilities, though, the magic swordsman excelled the most in long-distance combat.

All martial artists had their own range of actions. If two experts of similar strength went up against each other, one wielding a sword and the other a spear, their fight would be determined by "distance."

If the sword wielder could break past the range that favored the spear wielder, the former would win. However, if the spear wielder did not let that happen and maintained an advantageous distance, they could one-sidedly massacre the opponent.

Whatever the weapon was, they all had the most effective range. However, a magic swordsman ignored that rule. He was free from that restriction of distance.

If the enemy closed in, a magic swordsman could rely on his sword and use magic as support. If the enemy created some distance instead, a magic swordsman could bombard the enemy position with powerful magic spells.

If this was a traditional war, it\'d be like an army consisting solely of cavalry going up against the enemy forces consisting of spearmen, archers, infantry, and cavalry.

Even a non-combatant should be able to see which army would be more effective in war. Having only one type of unit would quickly expose its limitation in battles, after all!

\'So, that man is like a… one-man army?\'

Basically, a lone magic swordsman could pretty much fulfill every role. Of course, the story changed depending on which magic and swordsmanship one had mastered. However, assuming the magic swordsman had mastered all the necessary techniques and spells, they could cover both short- and long-distance combat, provide support for their allies, and even perform medical treatments if necessary!

Such a thing was unheard of from the Eastern martial artist\'s point of view.

\'Oii, oii. In that case, isn\'t fighting the Master a lot trickier than I thought?\'

Lee Hyeon-Su\'s expression became somber. An enemy who could cover all possible distances, use buffs, and even heal himself? And depending on the magic type, he could even unleash attacks of hard and soft natures? At the same time, no less?!

"...Sir, isn\'t that basically perfection at work?"

"Well, you could look at it that way," said Wiggins, a hint of smirk etched on his lips. "Now you see why so many wish to become a magic swordsman? It\'s not because it looks heroic, Mister Lee. It\'s because a complete magic swordsman is a terrifying existence."

Lee Hyeon-Su now had to acknowledge the appeal of this concept. And he began wondering what might happen if he were to fight an actual magic swordsman on his own.

\'Nope. I\'m not winning.\'

He wasn\'t thinking that way because the enemy was too strong to fight against. No, it meant he couldn\'t think of a way to strategically eke out a victory.

A fight mostly boiled down to one combatant using their advantage to exploit the enemy\'s weak point. Securing one\'s range, then deflecting or avoiding enemy strikes before landing one\'s attacks… That was how fights between martial artists usually unfolded.

However, a magic swordsman didn\'t have any apparent weaknesses.

A magic swordsman could showcase their strengths over any distance. And they could respond to any types of attacks, too.

Never before did the term "absolute perfection" fit a martial artist so sweetly as it did with a completed magic swordsman!

Lee Hyeon-Su curiously asked, "But, sir, if that\'s the case, how do you win against a magic swordsman?"

"Well, the truth is, there is no strategy."

"I\'m sorry?"

Wiggins casually shrugged. "It\'s something you gotta work out, somehow. Do not think that every question in life has an accompanying answer, Mister Lee. Because you will run into a problem with no solution sooner or later."

"…!"

"However, no solution doesn\'t mean the problem cannot be solved. If a tangled knot is proving impossible to undo… You always have the option of cutting it off altogether."

Lee Hyeon-Su tilted his head in confusion. Cutting it off? What did that mean?

"Also, more importantly…" Wiggins narrowed his eyes and stared weirdly at the flames. "It ultimately doesn\'t matter what solutions we can think of. Because those won\'t mean anything to my lord. He was never the type to find a solution that way, after all."

SLASH!

That was when the roaring flames were suddenly split apart in half.

Even though he had been trapped within the flames so stupefyingly strong that they threatened to turn everything into ash, Kang Jin-Ho\'s complexion remained the same as before.

After neatly splitting the flames apart, Kang Jin-Ho leisurely strolled outside.

Kang Jin-Ho, with his hair and clothes pristine and untouched by the flames, bared his fangs in a toothy smirk. "You know some amusing tricks, don\'t you?"

The Master chewed his lips at this spectacle.

\'I didn\'t think my attacks would work on him, but this…!\'

The Master didn\'t believe this type of attack would be enough to defeat Kang Jin-Ho. Even so, he did expect to see hints of burn marks or singed clothes, at the very least!

Those were no ordinary flames. No, they were hot enough to burn down a building of reinforced concrete into an unrecognizable pile of ash in a matter of a few dozen seconds. So, to think Kang Jin-Ho\'s complexion hadn\'t even changed from the heat…!

"So, this is magic?" Kang Jin-Ho muttered while slightly raising the Crimson Destiny. "If I knew it\'d be like this, maybe I should have asked Wiggins for a spar earlier and experienced it for myself beforehand. For sure, this is different from what I\'m used to."

Kang Jin-Ho had never exchanged moves with Wiggins before. As such, he had not personally experienced the power of magic attacks. Although he had witnessed Wiggins using magic several times by now, those were meant to provide support, not attack.

If he had known the versatility of attack magic earlier! Kang Jin-Ho would\'ve enthusiastically "asked" Wiggins to spar with him!

"Well, it doesn\'t matter. I\'ll start learning from now on, anyway," Kang Jin-Ho muttered while resting his swords by his sides. And then, he leisurely walked toward the Master of the Round Table.

His steps didn\'t seem extraordinary. Yet each of his steps forced the Master\'s figure to flinch nastily. And then, the Master began bending down from the invisible pressure.

This was the power of the Heavenly Demon\'s Domineering Steps!

Each of Kang Jin-Ho\'s steps, containing demonic qi, ruthlessly suppressed the opponent. And the Master\'s physical body couldn\'t endure this pressure and began distorting and crumbling.

\'What… What is the meaning of this!\'

The Master couldn\'t even open his mouth to say something. Because it felt like his internal organs would jump out of his throat if he did!

This pain, this pressure! It was as if a giant had grabbed the Master\'s torso and began squeezing him dry!

"Huwaaaaaaah-aaaph!" The Master let out a loud roar while forcing his body to stand upright. His heart crazily pumped mana into the rest of his body. He raised his staff high, and a blink of an eye later, pure-white lightning bolts buzzed and crackled on the tip of the weapon.

A dozen-plus bolts of lightning flew toward Kang Jin-Ho in an instant. However, rather than evading, Kang Jin-Ho actually charged straight into the center of those lightning bolts.

He thrust the Crimson Destiny forward, causing the lightning bolts to gather on the blade. After their flight path was disrupted, the lightning bolts circulated within the sword and created a mini-electric storm around the blade.

"Huph!"

Kang Jin-Ho let out a short but spirited grunt while powerfully shaking the Crimson Destiny, causing the incoming lightning bolts to distort and twist away from him. He then bared his fangs in a ferocious smirk while charging straight at the Master.

To his credit, the Master remained calm as he brought his longsword and staff toward his chest… Before thrusting both toward Kang Jin-Ho!

"Explosion!"[1]

There was a massive explosion where Kang Jin-Ho was! Not flames, but an actual explosion!

Ripples suddenly materialized mid-air as if it was the surface of calm water disturbed by a thrown rock. These ripples, which were shockwaves, slammed into Kang Jin-Ho\'s figure.

His body was stopped in its tracks before being pushed back a little. But that was the extent of the impact.

As if that push-back was nothing more than Kang Jin-Ho giving himself extra momentum, his figure sprang forward like a streak of light toward the Master.

The Crimson Destiny rapidly swung down to collide with the Master\'s longsword, and then…!

KA-BOOOOOOOM!

The battlefield was rocked by another ear-shredding explosion noise, and the Master\'s figure was powerfully thrown back at the speed of a cannon shell!

1. Oh my god, he said it! The raw actually said "explosion" in Korean! ☜