Chapter 228
Battle
The two stood calmly before Go Gun-Hee, each knowing that what was about to happen would not be an ordinary test.
"My ability is Shadow Summoning.
I can control around one hundred creatures."
Song Jin-Woo spoke steadily.
"My ability is Spirit Summoning.
I can control only fifty creatures."
Arthur continued in a calm tone.
Go Gun-Hee slowly nodded, then said:
"Alright. The battle will begin now.
You have only fifteen minutes.
A maximum of ten soldiers may be summoned.
No killing and no mutilation.
Once the time is up… the battle will end immediately."
A heavy silence filled the hall.
"Do you both agree to these conditions?"
"Yes."
"Yes."
The two answered at the same time.
Everyone moved away, leaving only Song Jin-Woo and Arthur Narin inside the vast white hall.
Arthur looked at Song and smiled.
"I told you… I really want to fight you, Song."
"I know. And I also want to see your full strength, Arthur."
They exchanged smiles filled with excitement.
Then—
Both of them disappeared from their positions before anyone could even realize how.
Only a few seconds later…
A sharp, violent clash echoed through the hall.
One collision after another.
The sound of metal striking something solid with terrifying force.
No one could see what was happening.
Suddenly…
Igris appeared.
And Baruka appeared.
The two knights clashed violently, swords against arms, aura against aura.
Arthur smiled calmly, then deactivated his Stealth skill and closed his eyes.
"You're there."
With those words, he slammed his foot into the ground with force, cracking the floor beneath him.
He bent down, picked up a sharp rock, then hurled it upward with tremendous force.
In a fraction of a second, Igris leaped up and caught the rock—
At that very moment, Song deactivated his Stealth skill and jumped over Igris's shoulder, swinging his sharp dagger violently toward Arthur's head.
Baruka immediately moved forward, stood in front of the attack, and caught Song's dagger with both hands using tremendous strength.
Arthur calmly bent down.
And in a single moment—
Baruka disappeared.
Arthur swung his hand with force, striking Song directly in the chest.
Song's body was violently sent flying backward.
Before he could collide with the wall…
Igris caught him.
Igris raised his head and stared at Arthur, a terrifying killing aura beginning to swirl around his body, as though it wanted to tear Arthur into a thousand pieces.
He swung his sword forcefully toward Arthur.
Arthur smiled excitedly…
And the palms of his hands transformed into absolute darkness.
"Palms of Darkness."
He turned around, gathered tremendous momentum throughout his body, then struck Igris's sword with everything he had.
An absolute collision.
Pure overwhelming might.
The sound of the impact could be heard outside the building itself, and a thunderous aura surged outward, pressing down on everyone's heads.
"I'm your opponent!"
Arthur shouted.
Then he looked at his hand…
It had been severed.
Igris's sword had cut it off.
Despite Arthur's toughness and strength, the Palms of Darkness had focused on his fists rather than the rest of his hands.
Igris had acted intelligently and targeted the exposed area, severing Arthur's arm in an instant.
At that moment, everyone felt a terrifying pressure emanating from Arthur's body.
The pressure of a bloodthirsty aura…
No one had ever felt anything like it before.
It was the aura of the worst God of Death.
Arthur smiled with indescribable ecstasy.
The world around them transformed into brilliant white, as though reality itself had become a black-and-white drawing.
Arthur swung his intact right hand toward Igris's sword.
Song felt the overwhelming killing aura and tried to summon Igris, but Baruka stood in front of him, preventing him from doing so.
Arthur roared, then struck Igris's sword with a thunderous blow.
The sword shattered into countless fragments.
And in the next moment…
Arthur felt something stopping his hand.
He opened his eyes.
The presidents of the White Tiger Guild and the Hunters Guild were holding his hand.
And standing before Igris…
Was Song Jin-Woo, as though he were prepared to die defending him.
"Damn."
Arthur cursed.
He quickly raised his right hand and stopped the attack—
But not before the remaining force was launched toward the ceiling of the building, turning it into fragments without leaving a trace.
"I really enjoyed that."
"Arthur… your hand!"
Song shouted sorrowfully as he looked at Arthur's left arm.
He had not known things would go this far.
Had he known…
He would never have agreed to the fight in the first place.
Arthur smiled as though nothing had happened.
"Don't worry.
It's just a hand… I told you, it's nothing."
He pressed his fingers against the points of blood on his shoulder, stopping the bleeding.
He looked around.
The hall had been completely destroyed.
The clothes of both guild presidents were torn, and wounds were clearly visible on their hands.
Because they had rushed to stop Arthur's final strike, they had nearly lost their hands.
There was also a deep wound across Song's chest.
Had they not intervened at the last moment…
The attack would have pierced his body.
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"So?"
"What?"
"How do you feel now?
Does your hand hurt?"
Arthur moved his left hand.
It had returned to its place.
Go Gun-Hee had summoned a rare and exceptionally talented Healer, who restored Arthur's hand to the way it had been.
Arthur smiled as he moved his fingers, as though nothing had happened.
Song, Go Gun-Hee, and the Healer continued staring at his burned body.
A well-proportioned, muscular, beautiful body…
But those burns made him look like a legendary warrior who had emerged from a legendary battle.
Arthur calmly put on his new black clothes, then took his license from Go Gun-Hee.
| Korean Hunters Association License |
Name: Arthur Narin
Rank: S |
Song took his card as well.
The two headed outside.
The presidents of the two guilds tried to stop them, but before they could—
Song opened the door.
The place erupted with deafening shouting, endless questions, cameras, and a live broadcast.
"Damn…"
Arthur sighed.
Then, without any delay—
The two disappeared from everyone's sight.
It was not the Stealth skill.
It was terrifying speed…
And they vanished.
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"Cain…
Whether you can hear me or not…
I think the time has come."
Arthur spoke calmly while sitting in the training hall, looking at Rath, who had not yet finished the merging process.
"I'm going to create a guild."
He extinguished his cigarette and stood up.
The moment he threw it away…
He felt a faint force emanating from behind him.
He quickly turned around.
But—
There was no one there.
Rath had disappeared.
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