Chapter 51 · 10 min

Chapter 51

Chain of Fire

Seo I-hyeon looked at the man coming in piercing the barrier wrapping the park.

A middle-aged person wearing luxury suit and shoes, even wearing an expensive watch.

Physique also solid and height tall so clothes suit very well, a person overflowing with dignity from the whole body.

When he approached Seo I-hyeon opened his mouth.

"Spirit user?"

The man stopped his steps and couldn't hide the surprised expression.

"How knew? Doesn't seem knowing me."

Seo I-hyeon chuckled.

Feeling the gaze so clearly how couldn't know.

A gaze felt from one point in the air.

Probably about a wind spirit.

The gaze detection ability the shadow eye has works even on spirits.

Spirit users usually use wind spirits for reconnaissance. Naturally also confirm the enemy's movements.

From earlier feeling a gaze examining too boldly so roughly guessed.

Sending such an overt gaze from close range almost none except spirits.

Spirits are transparent unless they want. So tend to over-trust that transparency excessively.

"Put the spirit away a bit? A bit irritating?"

"Ah, sorry. This amazing. Don't tell me our wind is visible? You also a spirit user?"

Seo I-hyeon frowned.

"Saying spirit user like sounds. If not putting away quickly there is a way I put away."

As soon as Seo I-hyeon's words fell the gaze disappeared. Sent the spirit back.

The middle-aged man, Choi Won looking straight at Seo I-hyeon said.

"Very impressive. The two friends behind, not ordinary? I'm Choi Won. My name, by any chance heard?"

Seo I-hyeon shook his head.

"Need to know?"

Choi Won grinned.

"Not that, but if knowing a bit less hit, right?"

Seo I-hyeon knew from when Choi Won watched here. From when Black and White charged at the Arachne employees.

So meaning didn't see Seo I-hyeon operating the barrier, or using shadow movement.

Would have seen receiving coins, but probably because saw through the spirit couldn't see exactly what doing. Can hear sound so can infer the situation through conversation though.

"Anyway so what spirits can you use? Spirit users usually not weak?"

Except asking spirits nothing one knows how to do is exactly spirit users. The spirit users Seo I-hyeon knows were so.

And Seo I-hyeon never regarded spirit users as great even once.

Even when in that world saw spirit users, no matter how great a spirit one handles in front of Seo I-hyeon couldn't properly spread energy.

More precisely when a situation of the spirit intertwining a bit deeply with Seo I-hyeon comes the spirit user's request and whatever busy rampaging.

Not trying to do something to Seo I-hyeon but rampaging to run away.

So the more handling greater spirits, and the deeper affinity or communion with the spirit the situation became serious.

If affinity shallow escaping to the spirit realm is enough, but that not working so rampaging.

So particularly cleaned here and waited for the opponent. Because a spirit user. Absolutely not a threat. While doing so information one can obtain would be many.

"Where heard the nonsense that spirit users are weak? Completely wrong knowing? Spirit users are the strongest."

Seo I-hyeon looked at Choi Won with an expression of not understanding.

Spirit users the strongest. No matter how strong the spirit if handling the spirit user ends, how that becomes the strongest.

Choi Won rather regarded Seo I-hyeon's reaction as strange.

"Strange guy. Seems knowing well regarding spirit users yet doesn't know. Au, enough. Just taking you is enough, nonsense later."

Seo I-hyeon chuckled.

"Can catch me?"

"Of course."

At that moment, wind wrapped Choi Won's body.

Whoong!

Choi Won grinning at Seo I-hyeon said.

"Know how fast wind is?"

Choi Won kicked the ground.

Kwaang!

Choi Won arrived in front of Seo I-hyeon in the blink of an eye. At this degree almost close to teleportation.

Choi Won naturally regarded as able to catch Seo I-hyeon.

The real scary point of spirit users is being able to accept the concept forming the spirit into the body.

Choi Won handling the wind spirit can accept the concept of wind.

Not becoming the wind itself. But can freely use the various powers of wind.

Making speed like wind or wrapping the whole body with wind armor and pursuing safety.

Storms reach tens of meters per second. Choi Won can also move so.

If running to the limit can make speed over 100 meters per second. Of course if doing to that degree the body wouldn't endure.

Anyway Choi Won regarded catching as no problem if only able to meet Seo I-hyeon.

The result is now.

Choi Won's hand that charged like wind snatched Seo I-hyeon's neck. No, tried to snatch.

If not Black who suddenly intervened in between,

Kwaang!

The greatsword Black swung struck Choi Won.

More precisely struck the wind wrapping Choi Won's whole body and rapidly rotating.

Choi Won returned at a faster speed than came.

And at the place Choi Won originally was White who moved together when Black moved was standing.

Jeojeojeojeong!

Five swords shredded Choi Won's body.

The wind armor was shaved off thud thud, and soon the blades touched Choi Won's body.

Pubeobeok!

Blood splashed. But Choi Won without panicking quickly pulled the body out.

Whoong!

Choi Won who escaped from White while turning direction almost close to right angle had to meet Black's greatsword that approached before he knew it again.

Kwaang!

Choi Won rotated the wind wrapping the body even stronger and faster, and through a sharp direction change barely glanced Black's greatsword.

And fell as far as possible.

But Black and White before he knew it were standing near Seo I-hyeon again.

Choi Won's expression twisted all at once.

Looking at such Choi Won Seo I-hyeon said with a curious expression.

"Can use spirits in that way too? Why never saw even once?"

"Seems only met low-grade spirit users."

Choi Won said that then looked at Seo I-hyeon with serious eyes. And alternately looked at Black and White guarding both sides of Seo I-hyeon.

"Ha, this not easy?"

Choi Won bent his head this way and that and loosened the body. Still the wind is wrapping his body. An opponent one must not let guard down even for a moment. Such opponents a full two.

Even still Seo I-hyeon hasn't moved even one finger.

No matter how calculating no chance of winning was seen.

"This cost-benefit not matching? Trying to cut one debt about to get life cut."

Choi Won grumbled like that, but Seo I-hyeon didn't accept those words as is. Still Choi Won's expression and eyes were vividly alive. Confidence not dulled even a little.

That is, meaning there is more remaining moves. And that very powerful.

At that time, from inside Seo I-hyeon's jumper the magic book stirred. 'Breath of the Avesta'.

"Suddenly why like this?"

Seo I-hyeon frowning tapped the place the magic book is. But 'Breath of the Avesta' still stirred. As if wanting to go out.

"Aigoo, really no separate goldie."

Seo I-hyeon opened the bosom. Then 'Breath of the Avesta' flew out and unfolded the pages.

Flutter.

Rustle.

[Owner! Spirits I am specialized!]

"I am also spirit specialized?"

Rustle.

[Can bind spirits with chain of fire. Can bind power and make unable to move.]

"Chain of fire?"

Suddenly when first meeting 'Breath of the Avesta', the chain tightly wrapping the magic book came to mind. That was exactly the chain of fire.

Rustle.

[Shall use? Shall bind? If wind spirit easier. Can bind right away. Shall use? Shall bind?]

"Au, messy. Yeah. Try once somewhere."

While Seo I-hyeon and 'Breath of the Avesta' were having such conversation, Choi Won's eyes watching that scenery from far away widened to the point of tearing one step before.

"Don't tell me... magic book? You were a magic book owner?"

Seo I-hyeon chuckled.

"First time seeing magic book? Then first time seeing a person having two?"

Seo I-hyeon took out even the remaining magic book, 'Bug Praise Theory'.

The two magic books floating in the air made the already surprised Choi Won even more surprised.

"Two volumes? Owned two volumes of magic books simultaneously? And able to endure? You sane?"

Seo I-hyeon frowned hard.

"Then, sane, do I look like a crazy bastard?"

"That... honestly saying doesn't look normal though."

"Where looking?"

"In various ways?"

A normal person wouldn't stab people's legs with a knife then say take out phone and extort coins, right.

Seo I-hyeon turned the words.

"Anyway you now big trouble. Our kid says, spirit users are rice."

Seo I-hyeon said that and looked at 'Breath of the Avesta'.

Flutter!

The pages flipped madly then unfolded one page. And spat reddish light. The light poured from the magic book poured down like a waterfall.

Seo I-hyeon at that moment felt the tendons inside his body disappearing continuously.

"Hey, this time why not blood but tendons?"

'Breath of the Avesta' didn't answer. Busy using magic now.

The light poured on the floor wriggled and twisted then soon became the chain of fire.

Flare!

The chain of fire as soon as appearing seeped into the floor.

And surged from under Choi Won's feet.

Flare!

Choi Won startled and avoided that.

Because ran away at a tremendous speed the chain of fire couldn't catch him.

But the chain of fire wasn't magic one can avoid in that way.

The chain of fire began tightly binding the air. Then the wind wrapping Choi Won's body disappeared without a trace.

"Huh?"

Choi Won greatly panicked. Suddenly the wind dwelling in his body disappeared so surprising is natural.

Panic was short. Choi Won urgently summoned the wind spirit. The spirits he can handle not one. Could handle numerous wind spirits simultaneously.

But no matter how summoning not even one wind spirit appeared.

As if becoming not a spirit user.

Choi Won flowing cold sweat continuously called the spirit. Concentrated and pleaded and prayed and did all sorts but the spirit didn't appear.

Really going crazy, the point that the connection with the spirit is clearly felt.

That is the contract with the spirit was still valid. Just not responding to the call and unable to borrow the spirit's power.

Choi Won's gaze headed toward the chain of fire tightly wrapping the air.

Since that came out the spirit doesn't respond. So the cause is exactly that chain of fire.

Choi Won took out a gun from the bosom.

Seeing that Seo I-hyeon shook his head repeatedly.

"Why everyone has one gun each? Here Korea right?"

Seo I-hyeon looking at 'Breath of the Avesta' asked.

"That guy, seems trying to shoot that with the gun, okay?"

Rustle.

[Physically can't even touch. Okay.]

"If can't touch physically means can touch with non-physical?"

Rustle.

[Right. Representatively ether. The purer the purer, the more pure the more pure the effect good. If feeding lots of ether the chain loosens.]

"How much have to feed?"

Rustle.

[Depends on the ether. Anyway with that spirit user's ether no way.]

Seo I-hyeon nodded.

"Then the situation ended. Kids, what doing. Not going and bringing."

Black walked with large strides and tightly gripped Choi Won's nape.

Choi Won whose spirit power disappeared was not greatly different from an ordinary person. Of course better than ordinary person in all aspects a bit, but here no particular meaning.

Choi Won shot the gun at the chest of Black who gripped his nape.

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Still whether attached the silencer well the sound wasn't very large. Well, even if sound a bit large because of the barrier wouldn't leak outside.

Black when hit by the gun slightly lowered the upper body so the bullets passed between bones.

Choi Won shot the gun until all bullets fell. Yet looked up at Black gripping his nape as if nothing with sickened eyes.

"This crazy. What on earth is this?"

Through the hole pierced because of the bullet the inside of the clothes was faintly seen. Through the hole pierced in front and the hole pierced behind external light passed.

Choi Won with a dazed expression blankly looked at the hole.

Black holding such Choi Won returned to the place Seo I-hyeon is.

Seo I-hyeon was in the middle of conversation with 'Breath of the Avesta'.

Rustle.

[How is it? My skill. Great grimoire, right? At this degree not an exaggeration to say the world's best grimoire, right? Owner's thought how?]

"Yeah, yeah. I haven't experienced other magic books so don't know, certainly a crazy magic book is right. Suddenly pulling tendons continuously?"

Rustle.

[Aish, chain of fire. Using tendons is the most efficient so did so. If making that with only blood how much blood would enter?]

"I don't know."

Seo I-hyeon bickered with 'Breath of the Avesta', but in fact the mood wasn't greatly bad.

Anyway the tendons almost at the same time as disappearing arose again. Not even painful. Just the feeling of disappeared, the feeling of grew again a bit.

In fact if this way one can use as much as one wants.

The most important thing to Seo I-hyeon is the point of not painful.

"As expected magic books are the best. Shall try obtaining a few more?"

'Breath of the Avesta' who heard Seo I-hyeon's muttering jumped.

Couldn't know whether doing that because liking, or doing that opposing because disliking.

Black briefly watching such Seo I-hyeon then threw Choi Won held in the hand.

Thud.

Choi Won fell right in front of Seo I-hyeon. He briefly wriggled the body and flowed a painful groan then sneakily gauged Seo I-hyeon's mood.

Seo I-hyeon looking at such Choi Won smiled brightly.

"Have some coins? Me, can expect?"

Choi Won looking at such Seo I-hyeon gulped dry saliva. This seems caught wrong.