A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 178

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Chapter 178: Sin (3)

This was a gymnasium I had borrowed by asking Hanasaki Ren. Despite it being contact after a long time, he readily agreed to my request.

— An Awakened gymnasium? Ah, yes! There are several in Tokyo. I’ll tell you about one that S-ranks frequently use for training. It’s incredibly sturdy there.

Thanks to that, I could now fight without worrying about property damage.

‘On this ground…, especially in this place, I’ll be able to use the Sea King Deity’s power to my heart’s content.’

I checked my status window.

[Status Window]

Name: Eun Hae-dam , White Dragon King

Grade: ?? Grade

[Stats]

Health: 20(+497/500) Strength: 20(+500) Agility: 20(+500)

Mental Power | 378/400 Mana | 1080/1102

[Skills]

Whale Wave (S) lv.max

Raging Crimson Sea (S) lv.max

Dragon God (P) lv.max

*Special Advantage in effect

Hmm? The base stats are…

[Special Advantage]

— Power left behind by many wounds and unceasing resistance.

Containing the will of ancient spirits, it doubles all of the user’s abilities.

This effect only applies while staying in the corresponding country.

*Advantage Limit | Maximum 500 improvement for Health, Strength, Agility Stats

‘This is a bit disappointing.’

It wasn’t an effect that gave unlimited boosts. Well, stats would continue to grow in the future, and without limits, applying the double effect would result in ridiculous numbers.

I wouldn’t be able to control myself then either. Though disappointing, it’s a reasonable measure.

Soon, laughter could be heard.

“Haha… I wondered where this was, and it’s Japan? What to do about this. I don’t have my mask today.”

The Silver-Haired Bishop, no, the one who was formerly Fox Mask, spoke sarcastically. I said indifferently.

“Then and now, I’ve gone through a lot of trouble just to catch you.”

They say even bad relationships are still relationships. But then and now, it was truly a terrible connection.

“Do I need to know about that trouble too?”

“No, you don’t. What use would it be even if you knew?”

I sneered at him.

“You’re going to die here today anyway.”

Swoosh—!

A cluster of light thrown by the Bishop came flying. I instantly ducked my upper body and dodged the light cluster.

It was a reflexive reaction. I didn’t even recognize that an attack was coming. Was the Bishop’s attack that fast? No.

“Is this all you’ve got?”

My Agility Stat is 500. To dodge something like this, I didn’t even need to consciously recognize the attack.

Just instinctive movement alone was sufficient.

Crash!

The light cluster that failed to hit me struck the innocent gymnasium wall instead. Crumble, the sound of cement breaking could be heard.

“…Whew.”

Ren definitely said this place was incredibly sturdy.

‘Well, he did say he’d compensate for any damage…’

If it could destroy a gymnasium where S-ranks train, I could tell the Bishop’s power was considerable.

| Though it’s a lowly creature of the land by birth, since both feet are off the ground… it’s not an opponent to underestimate. |

The voice of the Sea King God echoed in my head. It was as if chanting from the depths of a deep, deep sea.

“Yes. But even so, it’s just a wandering spirit drifting through the nine heavens.”

I looked at the Bishop before my eyes.

“Whale Wave.”

Waves resembling a whale’s fins came crashing down.

It was a tsunami, clearly a disaster that no human could escape from.

Whoosh—

However, beings that aren’t human tend to easily leap over disasters. Just like monsters.

The Bishop flew up, avoiding the attack.

Thud.

Soon landing, he frowned.

“You’re stronger than last time. You must have used some strange trickery. I thought something felt different…”

“Trickery. Could it compare to you, who wore a strange animal mask and rampaged in another country?”

“That was necessary work. Since you killed every sacrifice there was, we had no choice but to obtain sacrifices from other lands.”

“Hah.”

I let out a hollow laugh. Why on earth would they need sacrifices in the first place?

“We gave up human sacrifice ages ago. The more I hear about you guys, the more hopeless your group seems.”

I unleashed another shock wave.

“Kugh!”

The bishop let out a groan. He couldn’t avoid this tsunami.

Drip.

Blood began seeping from the bishop’s upper body. The Sea King God’s shock wave had sliced through him like a blade.

Red blood stained his silver hair.

“You should know your limits when pretending to be human. I’ve never seen or heard of a ghost that bleeds in my entire life. That’s why I couldn’t tell you were a spirit.”

I muttered.

The bishop grinned wickedly even as he bled what would have been a fatal amount for a human.

“How fortunate that I look human. For that person’s sake, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do, even pretending to be human!”

“…Pick one – either speak formally or informally. How rude, tsk.”

I swung the Spirit General Sword. The waves created by the Sea King God rose into the air.

[Skill]

Dragon God (P) lv.max

— When he commanded all the waters of this world, even a child’s teardrop responded.

The Sea King God’s passive skill. Controls all salty water as if it were his own limbs.

My fingertip pointed at the bishop.

| I command. The water burial of the being standing before me. |

As the Sea King God commanded in a heavy voice, waves crashed.

It was a wave incomparably larger than the shock waves.

“Cough, hack!”

That wave swept over the bishop standing in the arena. Red blood spread through the seawater.

Flash!

The bishop emitted light. The cluster of light transformed into a sharp spear and was hurled at me.

The cluster of light that flew through the seawater aimed for my heart. However, I deflected it with the flat of my sword.

“What pathetic struggling.”

How should I put it. I felt influenced by the Sea King God.

The sensation of looking down from a lofty height… I could feel that perspective.

“…It’s a shame this isn’t the sea. If I had taken you to the West Sea.”

Azure eyes gazed at the silver-haired bishop. Blue waves were crashing in my eyes reflected in the water.

“I would have thrown you into the West Sea and simply left you there. I would have quietly watched the sight of you endlessly sinking down to the bottom of that sea. It wouldn’t matter if you don’t die, or even if you don’t feel pain.”

“….”

“I think I’d need to go at least that far to calm my anger.”

Whether you’re crushed by the water pressure of the deep sea or can’t breathe with your lungs full of water.

“Only by having the sea’s mouth swallow and erase you would I finally… feel at peace.”

I wore an emotionless expression. My cold look was like a winter sea.

Strange People Cult.

A group foolish from their very name.

So many people have died in the grasp of monsters – do they even know? No… they must know better than anyone.

‘Even knowing that…’

Even knowing, how well they commit such acts.

“My only family was burned to death by a flame-type monster. It wasn’t even that high-ranking of a specimen. Yet so helplessly… became a handful of ash.”

The corner of my mouth twisted.

“Is this also salvation and revelation?”

“What would I know! The fate of those who weren’t chosen.”

“Shut up.”

The waves took the form of sharp swords. Dozens of blue swords aimed at the bishop.

“Just because you have a mouth doesn’t mean you should babble nonsense. Your grave is here. Doesn’t your god tell you about your future?”

How unfortunate.

“Our Divine Spirits knew.”

I lightly waved my right hand. Then the blue wave swords shot toward the bishop all at once.

The bishop tried his best to block the swords using clusters of light, but couldn’t prevent multiple wounds from forming.

Slash.

I pointed the Spirit General Sword at him.

“.”

Dewdrops gather to become a vast sea.

Drip.

Drop.

Water droplets fell from the tip of the Spirit General Sword. The droplets that had been falling one by one…

Whoooooooooosh——

Instantly transformed into a massive wave.

No, could that even be called a wave?

It was the sea. The vast ocean called the homeland of all life.

“I command once more.”

| The water burial of the being standing before me. |

The sea surged upward. Rising from where the Bishop stood, the ocean swallowed him whole in an instant.

“Gack, kugh…! Cough!”

The Bishop couldn’t resist the natural disaster-like situation. No matter how much he struggled, the sea would never run dry.

As I moved my hand, a current formed. The current held him firmly so he couldn’t move.

Step.

I approached the water that filled half the gymnasium. Soon I muttered.

“Like a fish trapped in an aquarium…”

It really was like that. The way he floated in the seawater, his silver hair fluttering through the blue water—he looked like a fish.

“It suits you.”

Rather than a fox-like predator, rather than a cult believer who deceives people with ridiculous doctrines.

A helpless prey suited him better.

‘But as expected, the laws of physics still apply.’

Rather than being a perfect spirit, he seemed like an existence between human and soul.

Ghosts usually ignore the laws of physics, but this guy was affected by gravity and couldn’t even open his mouth underwater.

‘What’s going on?’

As a shaman, I was somewhat curious, but not enough to want to investigate right now.

Then the Sea King Deity asked.

| Shall I annihilate him? I would gladly help. |

“…No. He’ll be annihilated soon enough, but not now.”

I only said that, but in truth, I couldn’t annihilate him now.

With such a good source of information still alive and breathing, I had to extract everything I could first.

“I… have a lot of things I need to hear from you.”

I said that. The Silver-Haired Bishop frowned.

“But you can’t say anything while you’re in there. Let’s move to a different location. Somewhere we can talk quietly, just the two of us. Oh, of course you won’t come along willingly.”

Then there was only one method.

Seal him.

I just had to seal his soul so he couldn’t escape. For me, it was easier than eating.

“Shall we begin?”

I thrust my hand into the seawater.

“Don’t think you’ll be sealed comfortably.”

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