My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 23

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 23

Episode 23. High Elf

A sparring match, he says.

Why is he suddenly radiating killing intent?

El Spier’s greatly constricted pupils stare at me.

The moment I meet those pupils, all the hair on my body stands on end.

‘He’s coming.’

El Spier, wrapped in green energy all over his body, lightly kicked off the ground.

It really was light.

It seemed like no strength was put into it at all.

But with just one leap, he was already standing behind me.

“…!”

Clang!

Barely managing to react and turn my body, I blocked El Spier’s wooden sword swinging toward my head with my right hand.

A clear and crisp sound, like striking an empty tin can.

But I couldn’t let my guard down.

‘He’s coming again.’

The thorns I had watched earlier, rising from the wooden sword, were writhing to burst out above the sword.

Eyes wide open, I immediately raised mist above my right arm.

[Smoke Mist – Shadow in Mist]

Crack.

The thorns barely stop right in front of my eyes.

If I hadn’t blocked them, my eyes would have been pierced.

Just as I was about to open my mouth to tell him to calm down a bit.

“Damn it…!”

El Spier suddenly pushed green energy into his sword.

Boom!

The black mist wrapping around El Spier’s wooden sword bursts out in all directions from the bright green light.

The green energy glowing as if about to explode right in front of me.

I was pushed straight back from the recoil.

“Ugh.”

It hurts like hell.

It feels like my insides have been completely scrambled.

Forcibly swallowing down something rising in my throat, I looked at El Spier.

Taking a stance with his sword extended behind him, he scraped the ground and swept his sword upward.

Hair standing on end.

Cold sweat flowing.

Following the path of his sword’s movement, dense dark green mana forms in a crescent shape.

Along with the feeling that time was flowing slowly, I instinctively realized.

That attack isn’t something I can block using ‘Smoke Mist.’

Even if I block it, only my right hand would be fine, but my body behind it would collapse.

In that case.

[Smoke Mist – Mist Blade]

I’ll attack instead.

Before El Spier’s sword could fully rise, I quickly swung my claws toward El Spier.

Five blades rushing toward El Spier.

They’ll reach him.

They’ll reach him before his sword fully rises.

But.

“…This can’t be.”

The black mist blades crumbled without even reaching him.

My pupils shook violently.

He didn’t do anything special.

Just simply.

They merely touched the dark green mana flowing out during the process of sweeping his sword upward.

And just like that, the black mist evaporated.

Gritting my teeth, I took one step forward.

[Synchronization Rate 2.1%]

Right.

It was quite shocking that ‘Mist Blade’ didn’t work.

But you know what.

My strongest weapon is my right hand itself.

El Spier’s sword had already reached above his head.

The completed crescent-shaped sword energy.

An attack that can’t be blocked with ‘Smoke Mist’ charges toward me.

Splitting the ground, splitting the sky.

Shot toward me.

‘I can’t dodge it.’

With my slow speed, I can’t perfectly dodge that shooting sword energy.

Even if I dodge, I’ll still take damage.

So I won’t dodge, I’ll block it.

I can block it.

Even without ‘Smoke Mist.’

As long as I have the ‘Black Dragon.’

As long as I have this right hand.

An attack like this.

[Synchronization Rate 2.2%]

I can block it.

“Graaaah!”

Splurt, spurt.

Blood spurts up.

Not from my right arm, but from my right shoulder.

From the legs supporting the ground.

From blood vessels and veins throughout my body.

Blood that couldn’t endure spurts up.

But I didn’t fall.

I won’t fall.

[Natural Healing]

My common skill won’t allow me to fall.

I didn’t give up on throwing my fist toward the unstoppable massive slash.

As a result.

“Haa… haa….”

El Spier’s slash, which seemed impossible to block, was completely shattered.

Right after shattering the slash, I quickly kicked off the ground and stopped my fist right in front of El Spier’s head.

El Spier’s constricted pupils gradually returned to normal as he stared at the Black Dragon’s fist stopped right before his eyes, then he dropped the wooden sword he was holding.

“…I lost.”

I really thought I was going to die.

With El Spier’s surrender, the strength left my legs and I collapsed to the ground.

El Spier scratched his cheek and approached me while emanating green energy.

“Come here, will you? I’ll heal you.”

I don’t even have the energy to speak.

I silently leaned toward El Spier without saying a word.

A healing energy that seeped into my bones.

Only then, having regained strength in my body, I let out a long sigh.

“I won, right?”

“That’s how it would be.”

El Spier said in a small voice while treating me.

“Sorry.”

“For what.”

“I messed up and got serious about it.”

“….”

I narrowed my eyes and looked at El Spier.

What’s this about.

Could it be a split personality or something?

Contrary to my expectations, El Spier stared intently at my right hand and said.

“That right hand. What exactly is it?”

“What do you mean.”

“The moment I faced it, I lost my reason.”

Lost your reason?

I stared at El Spier intently, meaning for him to explain in detail.

El Spier just laughed “hehe” at my gaze.

“The moment I saw that sinister energy flowing from that right hand, my body moved instinctively.”

Hmm… So.

In simple terms.

‘It was because of the Black Dragon?’

The moment I activated the ‘Black Dragon’, El Spier became strange.

The reason was because I had activated the ‘Black Dragon’.

‘What’s this sinister energy about.’

I can’t really feel it.

Now that my body was healed enough to move, I raised my right arm and turned it this way and that.

But in my eyes, I couldn’t see even a hint of sinister energy.

The right arm that came into my view was just that of an ugly-looking beast.

“…So is it okay to just leave this place like this?”

The surroundings were a mess from the aftermath of our recent sparring.

Even if it’s an open field, is it really okay to just leave it like this?

Finding my concern amusing, El Spier lightly snapped his fingers and restored the destroyed terrain to its original state.

“This should do it, right?”

“….”

Well, that worked….

I nodded silently.

“And first, I’ll apologize. Sorry. I had to figure out if you were a human with power.”

“You had to figure out if I was a human with power?”

“…Because only you, as a human, would be able to awaken Elpinire.”

What’s that supposed to mean.

Seeing me tilt my head in confusion, El Spier chuckled.

“I have one favor to ask, human. No, Han Mi-reo.”

“You know my name?”

“I may not look it, but I’m Mother’s Guardian. I have the third most influence after the Clan Leader and Elder.”

Elpinire is way down there.

El Spier laughed with a rumbling sound, looked around, then scratched the back of his neck.

“It’s a favor. I want you to awaken Mother’s blessing that’s sleeping within Elpinire.”

“Well, I understand for now, but.”

“What?”

“What is Mother’s blessing?”

“….”

Even if you suddenly ask me for a favor, I can’t do something I don’t understand.

At my objection, El Spier clapped his hands lightly and opened his mouth.

“That’s right. Only elves can receive Mother’s blessing, huh?”

“….”

This guy seems a bit strange too.

Is it really okay for someone like this to be a Guardian?

“The story will be a bit long, so let’s go to my house.”

* * *

El Spier’s house was right in front of that open field.

Entering the somewhat narrow but cozy house, El Spier offered me tea… no, a white liquid.

“Broth?”

“It’s my special broth that I brewed, it’s delicious. Try it!”

It might taste good, but I don’t want to eat anything anymore.

I brushed it off with a laugh and stared intently at El Spier.

El Spier put down the broth he was sipping at my gaze and slowly opened his mouth.

“Um. First of all. Among elves, only High Elves have the word ‘El’ in their names.”

“…Is that so?”

Since all the elves I’d met so far had ‘El’ in their names, I thought it was an elven tradition.

“And High Elves aren’t born with parents like ordinary elves.”

“Then?”

“Once every few decades, maybe even centuries. Mother shakes her branches. High Elves are born from inside the fruit that falls then.”

I really want to tell him to stop lying.

Even Park Hyeokgeose is said to have been born from an egg.

But how can a person be born from inside a fruit?

I want to tell him to say something that makes sense, but El Spier’s face as he spoke was more serious than I’d ever seen.

“So all High Elves are strangers to each other while also being family. That’s why we call the World Tree Mother.”

“…Let’s say that’s all true. So what is this Mother’s blessing?”

“As I said, High Elves are born from the World Tree’s fruit, right? Thanks to that, High Elves have talents that resemble Mother in certain specific areas.”

El Spier silently placed his hand on the table.

At that moment, the already processed wood began to writhe and twist into a bizarre shape.

“Amazing, right? This is just from normally injecting mana.”

“This is?”

“Mana is the power of life, and Mother, the World Tree, always keeps such mana clean. I just have a larger amount of mana following Mother’s example.”

Even plants that have already died mistake themselves for being alive when injected with an elf’s mana, the master of all plants.

El Spier was simply using that property in combat.

“The Clan Leader and Elder also each have talents that resemble Mother. But Elpinire doesn’t yet.”

“…Don’t tell me what the Clan Leader said about lies not working was also?”

“Correct.”

He smiled at me as if I had figured it out well.

“Usually High Elves realize Mother’s blessing around age 10. But Elpinire hasn’t even gotten a clue despite being over 20.”

Elpinire, who took on the role of ‘Guardian’ in place of her dead family while also holding the position of the next Clan Leader of the elves.

She had unnecessarily many burdens on her shoulders, yet still hadn’t realized Mother’s blessing.

Elpinire was feeling impatient about this fact.

“Wait. I want to ask first why Elpinire has to become the Clan Leader.”

“That’s simple. High Elves destined to become Clan Leader are extraordinary from the fruit they’re born from.”

Ordinary High Elves are born from pink-colored fruits.

However, children destined to become clan leaders are born from golden fruits, and Elpinire was also born from a golden fruit.

That’s why Elpinire has no choice but to become the clan leader, whether she likes it or not—it’s her destiny.

“The Clan Leader and the Elders of Elsid, including myself, have determined that the reason Elpinire couldn’t find her blessing was due to the trauma she experienced in her childhood. About that trauma… you know about it, right?”

I nodded silently.

I had already heard about that part from Elumia.

“So I’m asking you, Mir. I want you to help Elpinire find her blessing with your power as a human.”

I looked at El Spier, who had risen from his chair and was bowing his head.

Now I understand.

Starting with Elumia, then Elsesto and El Spier.

All the other elves as well.

The true reason why they were all so friendly to me.

“Haah…”

I let out a long sigh and looked at the bag placed far away.

It was packed full of food I had received from the market just a while ago.

“I don’t really like taking everything I can get and then keeping my mouth shut about it.”

“That means…”

“Sure thing.”

From the beginning, I was in a position where I had to gain recognition from this man in front of me.

The option of refusal simply doesn’t exist, that’s what I’m saying.

Upon hearing my rather casual answer, El Spier’s face instantly brightened.

And then.

[Gaining Recognition from Mother’s Guardian, El Spier]

[Achieved]

[Success]

[Moving to the next floor]

A notification window appeared in my vision, indicating that I had completed the condition for the 6th Floor.

But the system didn’t stop there.

Right after the alarm confirming the 6th Floor appeared.

[7th Floor]

[Gaining Recognition from Forest Guardian, Elpinire]

The condition for the 7th Floor immediately appeared in my vision.

After checking the system notification that appeared, I nodded.

So that’s how it was.

Now I think I understand why I couldn’t leave the Tower starting from the 5th Floor.

‘From the 1st to 4th Floors, it was like an elevator, going up floor by floor.’

However, starting from the 5th Floor, the Tower’s floors became like a kind of ramp.

From the 5th Floor to the 7th Floor where I am now, and perhaps even higher.

All the floors changed to connect naturally without being clearly divided.

Without realizing it, I had been achieving these ‘conditions’ and walking up the Tower on my own.

‘At this rate, I probably won’t be able to get out until I reach the end of the Tower.’

Then where would be the end of the Tower of Recording?

Would it be the 10th Floor, the same as the Tutorial Tower?

Anyway, I hope I reach the conclusion quickly.

Only then will I be able to get out of the Tower.

I thought I’d be able to get out soon, but at this rate, it seems like it’ll take quite a while.

I hope Seong Yu-mi hasn’t tried to contact me.

I clicked my tongue softly with a complicated feeling.

That night.

Naturally staying at El Spier’s house, I wasn’t tired at all, but I fell fast asleep the moment I lay down on the bed.

And I ended up having an incredibly vivid dream.

“…”

The World Tree and Elsid burning.

A dream containing the scene of the elves being annihilated.

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