Vol 7 Chapter 24

"Hmm. That should work as a target. We shouldn't make too much noise and destroy everything around, so we should keep it moderate, right?"

Chuckling as he sought agreement, Kion-hyung didn't even wait for an answer before lightly kicking off the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Let's just do three!"

In an instant, he approached the targeted rock and jumped into the air as if completely unaffected by gravity, then twisted his body using his leg as an axis while shouting a powerful battle cry.

"Holy Punishment!!"

As golden energy extended from hyung's toes and wrapped around his entire leg like a whirlwind, his heel struck down mercilessly on top of the rock. Though there was almost no sound, the rock where hyung's foot struck could clearly be seen sinking into the ground for a moment. It was light yet definite power, as if playing with a toy.

'To think it's this powerful even when striking at such a slow speed...'

"Judgment of Wrath!"

After planting his feet on the ground, hyung immediately thrust out his right hand straight ahead. His bare hand, with just fingers tightly curled and wearing no protective gloves, struck the rock, and six sharp balls of light instantly formed around the impact point, spinning like boomerangs as they cut through the rock in an X pattern.

After a spine-chilling shockwave briefly swept past, just as hyung leaped back, the same divine crest drawn on his clothes burst forth in golden light from the center of the rock and exploded.

Boom!!!!

Even after the light disappeared, the rock remained precariously standing with multiple cracks. Hyung let out a satisfied "huff" before slowly bringing both hands behind his waist, then running forward and spreading them wide.

"Finally, Skaga's Breath!"

Flash!

Brilliant light leaked from hyung's body as divine crests similar to magic circles formed in all directions and began spinning. Kion-hyung, whose entire body seemed wrapped in a layer of gold, demonstrated incredible jumping power several times greater than before just by lightly stepping off the ground, and leapt high into the air.

"Haah!"

As hyung shot through the air and struck down on the center of the rock, his priest's robes fluttered as if about to flip inside out, and a tremendous shockwave strong enough to reach where Kapros stood burst forth.

Boom!!!!!

'Better dodge this.'

"Magic Shield! Magic Shield!"

Kapros put up two layers of shields in front and covered his face with his sleeve to avoid the thick dust cloud. He could hear something pounding against the Magic Shields. When he raised his head after things seemed to have calmed down, the surroundings were covered in finely shattered rock debris.

In the middle of it all, Kion-hyung stood without a scratch, emanating a soft light, calmly surveying the results of what he had achieved before finally lowering his raised right leg to plant it on the ground.

Though fighting spirit rippled and flowed from his half-turned back and shoulders in an overwhelming manner, as soon as hyung took a sharp breath in, it was absorbed into his body and disappeared.

From those relaxed movements that showed complete control over his body, Kapros physically felt that hyung had truly become incredibly strong. When hyung pulled and straightened his disheveled priest's robes and looked this way with eyes that seemed indifferent and even cold, as if he were a different person.

"How was that? Though it's not even half my power, it should be enough for a demonstration, right?"

His sharp eye corners instantly softened into a broad smile, and his face was so cheerful it was hard to believe he was the same person who had just displayed such overwhelming martial prowess.

"...That was amazing. Really."

When Kapros answered while rarely adding words at the end, trying to properly convey his genuine admiration, hyung's face showed slight embarrassment and satisfaction. If power that wasn't even half could easily play with and destroy such a large rock, just how powerful would hyung be going all out now? He became truly curious.

"It feels good to move my body after so long. Now then, let's see your magic, Kar."

Hyung walked over casually and plopped down beside him while waving his hand. Kapros moved forward away from hyung and considered what magic to use.

First excluding invisible magic, perhaps he should show the two 6th circle spells divided three ways using the method he had practiced to death until just before.

'I get to feel the rewards of practicing until I was sick of it quite quickly.'

Kapros closed his eyes while clearing all stray thoughts from his mind.

'First with weak power!'

"Inferno, Blizzard."

Whoosh, Boom!

As soon as the spells manifested, Inferno dropped from the air flicking its bright red tongue, while a small Blizzard only about as tall as Kapros swirled in the air scattering ice powder.

"What's that flame? Looks similar to Fireball but a bit redder."

Whoosh!

"...Oh? Is this tiny thing getting angry now?"

Looking at Inferno which had suddenly flared up as if angered by hyung's question before shrinking again, Kapros freshly suspected that Superior might have put personalities that easily surpassed mere autonomy into these spells.

After swimming smoothly according to his will and tangling together for about ten seconds, Inferno and Blizzard disappeared, and Kapros began the same casting again.

'This time with normal power.'

"Inferno, Blizzard!"

With heat that made his face flush, Inferno at its original human head size and Blizzard easily exceeding several meters appeared fiercely.

While forcefully suppressing their strong tendency to wander around as they pleased, Kapros aimed them at where hyung had destroyed the rock earlier and sent the spells flying.

'Over there!'

Crash!

Inferno flew mercilessly tearing up the ground, blackening everything it touched without mercy, while trees that fell within Blizzard's range were frozen cold with thick unseasonable frost flowers covering every branch.

Bang!

Though he thought they hadn't collided very strongly, the scattered rock debris and spells exploded with a powerful shockwave that only barely subsided after a long while.

And finally this time...

'Strong power without holding back.'

"Inferno, Blizzard!"