Chapter 240 – Lightning King (2)
Translator: Seven
Editor: Ana_Banana
Gungnir, the weapon of Asgard’s All-father, Odin, was able to target any prey.
There was no need for a long explanation of this weapon, which had appeared in countless movies and novels.
It had been quite a long time since the Lightning King had acquired Gugnir.
To be precise, the first weapon that the Lightning King had ever obtained in a dungeon was, in fact, Gungnir.
It was amazing.
If this were known to the world, the Lightning King’s evaluation would have been at least one level higher.
Without a doubt, the Lightning King’s name would not have been lesser when compared to the masters of the five top guilds.
But very few knew of this fact.
Only the Lightning King’s most trusted a.s.sociates knew of its existence as he had never used the weapon in public since he’d obtained it.
He easily gave up such intangible values like fame.
‘It would only be meaningful if the weapon was saved for the best moment.’
Instead, he saved it for a moment, a very important moment.
And now, that moment had arrived.
The Lightning King lifted Gungnir.
[Used Divine Judgment.]
[Gungnir accepts the Divine Judgment.]
Then, he used Gungnir’s skill Divine Judgement, which was the second strongest skill that the Lightning King had in his a.r.s.enal.
There was no need to do anything else.
There wasn’t even a need to aim the spear at the target.
The Lightning King simply threw the spear randomly, and Gungnir flew off on its own.
Jiiiii!
With a piercing cry, the spear used the shortest trajectory to shoot towards Park Yong-wan’s head.
Park Yong-wan, who had been distracted by the Lich’s appearance, only noticed what was happening at that moment, and when he turned his head, he saw Gungnir, which was covered in the light of Divine Judgment, only a few meters away from his head.
Naturally, the Lightning King was certain.
‘Park Yong-wan is dead.’
Park Yong-wan would die and Isaac Ivanov would be forced to stick to the script that they had agreed to beforehand.
Suddenly.
Boom!
A flash of light exploded in front of Park Yong-wan.
It was an explosion of light so intense that it turned the surroundings white in an instant, blinding everyone who saw it.
Kung!
Then a streak of white lightning fell from the sky, and collided with the white light.
Crack!
“Kuh!”
And following that lightning, was a groan.
‘That was no joke.’
The one who’d made the groan turned out to be none other than Lee Jin-ah.
And in Lee Jin-ah’s hand, was the s.h.i.+eld that could block anything, the Aegis s.h.i.+eld.
‘The Aegis s.h.i.+eld blocked the attack, but the bones in my hand holding the s.h.i.+eld were all broken… if it had been left alone, Park Yong-wan’s head would’ve been blown away.’
It was the moment when Lee Jin-ah, who had been waiting near Park Yong-wan, blocked the Lightning King’s attack with his s.h.i.+eld.
‘I didn’t think the Lightning King would actually make this choice.’
At the same time, it was proof.
‘Ugh, he’s more of a ghost than a ghost.’
Proof that Kim Woo-jin could definitely read the Lightning King’s behavior.
At that moment, Lee Jin-ah remembered the conversation he had with Kim Woo-jin a few hours before the showdown.
…
“The Lightning King is smart.”
On the day of the decisive battle, Kim Woo-jin spoke to Lee Jin-ah.
“So he will definitely act according to the script.”
“What does that mean?”
“He will try to kill Park Yong-wan.”
As soon as he appeared, the Lightning King would definitely kill Park Yong-wan without any hesitation.
“Is that smart?”
“It’s because he will think that Isaac Ivanov is trying to eat both Thunderbird and the Phoenix Guild at the same time.”
“Isn’t that what you plan to do?”
“Right, that’s why he’s smart.”
Kim Woo-jin’s real purpose was indeed to eat the Phoenix Guild and Thunderbird at the same time, and the Lightning King that Kim Woo-jin knew was clever enough to figure that out.
“In such a situation, the best choice he can make would be to kill Park Yong-wan. After all, it still follows the script. Then, if he says that Isaac Ivanov ordered him to kill Park Yong-wan after doing so, the scenario would not play out the way Isaac Ivanov wanted.”
And in such a situation, a man who was smart enough to immediately realise what was going on was also smart enough to try to stop it from happening.
“Then my role is to…”
Of course, there was a flaw in the Lightning King’s actions.
“Risk your life to save Park Yong-wan.”
If he failed to kill Park Yong-wan with his attempt, then it would be impossible to continue following the script.
“The moment the Lightning King stops after attempting to kill Park Yong-wan.”
Of course, from that moment on, a new type of play would begin.
“I’ll put my sword in his heart.”
…
Kiiik!
A loud clap of thunder rang out on the battlefield as the white lightning fell to the ground.
While everyone’s minds were still shaken by the intense scene that completely defied their common sense, the sound of something gently penetrating armor came to the Lightning King’s ears.
Puk!
It was only after hearing the sound that the Lightning King realised something.
‘Ah.’
That he was the one who’d been stabbed.
Shuk!
As soon as he realised that fact, an ordinary sword flew through the air towards the nape of the Lightning King’s neck.
That was all.
Looking back and seeing the a.s.sa.s.sin who stabbed him, or talking to the a.s.sa.s.sin? There was no such thing as the a.s.sa.s.sin telling the target their plan.
Puht!
Instead, there was only the sound of a sword cutting off the Lightning King’s head,
Suddenly.
Crackle!
Powerful lightning began surging in the Lightning King’s body, who had been decapitated so perfectly that his head and neck still looked attached.
Crackle!
Then, an enormous bolt of lightning fell from the sky and crashed into the Lightning King’s body.
“Ack!”
“Kuk!”
The lightning, which fell to the ground then spread out in all directions like a spider’s web, electrocuting everything around the Lightning King.
[Lightning G.o.d Indra is descending.]
Then, a thunderstorm surged in the place where the lightning fell, and soon began to take the form of a giant.
[An overwhelming sense of divinity spreads.]
Lightning G.o.d Indra.
It was a legendary skill that was only available to those who utilised Lightning Spirits.
It was a skill that broke free from the natural laws by strengthening the lightning in the user’s body for a moment.
It was the skill that created the Lightning King.
‘It’s too late.’
And the reason why Kim Woo-jin decided to a.s.sa.s.sinate the Lightning King.
The Lightning King, who could summon the Lightning G.o.d, Indra, was not an opponent who could be defeated by normal attacks.
Of course, that didn’t mean that Kim Woo-jin’s a.s.sa.s.sination was wrong.
In fact, his a.s.sa.s.sination was perfect.
As soon as the Lightning King focused completely on Park Yong-wan, he sneaked over with the Cap of Invisibility and Hermes’ Boots, then, he stabbed his heart and cut his neck in the same instant.
He had perfectly executed the fastest and most accurate way to kill a living being.
‘The Lightning King’s response.
In that same instant, the Lightning King was amazing enough to have realised his situation and use the Lightning G.o.d’s Advent skill.
‘But it’s over now.’
Of course, at that moment, the game had basically ended in Kim Woo-jin’s victory.
As powerful as the Lightning G.o.d’s advent was, it also had an equally powerful penalty.
‘At this point, it would be considered long if he can maintain the Lightning G.o.d state for six minutes.’
First, the time limit was clear.
According to Kim Woo-jin’s calculations, it wouldn’t be easy to maintain the Lightning G.o.d state for more than five minutes.
‘After that, it’s over.’
When that time limit ended, so would the fatal period.
After that, he wouldn’t be able to use Lightning Spirits for a number of days equal to the amount of time spent.
If he used it for six minutes then he wouldn’t be able to use it again for six days.
And if he was unable to use Lightning Spirits, the Lightning King was as good as dead.
From Kim Woo-jin’s perspective, he would succeed in his hunt if he could run away for five minutes.
‘I would have had to run if it was before.’
And that was exactly what Kim Woo-jin had planned to do at first.
At that point, there was no other way.
Against the Lightning G.o.d Indra, his skeleton army was only bugs that could be used to stall for time since only legendary items like the Nemean Lion’s Skin and the Aegis s.h.i.+eld could block the Lightning G.o.d’s attacks.
Even if he had such items, there was no reason to take the risk and fight.
Waiting for the G.o.d state to disappear was the wisest and most reasonable option for anyone to see.
But now it was different.
[Mjolnir answers your call.]
‘But now, there’s no reason to run away.’
Because Kim Woo-jin had gotten his hands on Mjolnir.
…
In a situation where they were faced off against 50,000 Goblins, a Lich that they’d never seen before, led over 400 skeletons and joined the battle.
And from that point, the situation failed to return back to the scope of common sense.
But what if there was a sudden blinding flash of light and a huge bolt of white lightning followed by a loud clap of thunder.
One thing was for sure.
‘Ah.’
There were few people who could maintain their rationality in such a situation.
“Ah.”
That was all that the players who witnessed the Lightning G.o.d’s Advent could say.
Their expressions hardened as they watched this phenomenon, but their addled brains didn’t register the fact that they should be fleeing at that moment.
Among them was the Lightning King’s men.
‘What is that?’
Even his men, most of whom had never seen the Lightning King’s advent before, could only stare blankly without fully understanding the Lightning King’s transformation.
‘s.h.i.+t!’
Only the few who knew the skill were able to react more swiftly to the situation.
Shakira was one of those few.
She was well aware of the Lightning King’s skill, and the tremendous power it had.
‘The leader has no reason to use that right now.’
She also knew that in that state, the Lightning King’s distinction between enemy and ally disappeared completely and only battle l.u.s.t would remain.
‘From now on, he will carry out a slaughter, regardless of ally or enemy.’
There was no way to stop the Lightning King when he was in that state.
In other words, in order to survive at that moment was to run away as quickly as possible without looking back,
“Everyone, run away!”
Crackle!
Unfortunately, her cry was buried by the crackle of lightning.
In addition, with this sound, a bolt of lightning flew from the Lightning King’s fingertips and plunged into the body of a player.
“Kuk!”
And the player immediately became a pile of black dust following a short scream.
Boom Boom Boom!
Even after that, the lightning from the Lightning King’s hand did not stop until a large burn mark had appeared on the ground.
The moment she saw that, Shakira no longer tried to get people to run away.
‘It’s over.’
No one could stop the Lightning King in his current state.
Even Lee Se-jun, the strongest man in the world, wouldn’t be able to.
With those thoughts in her mind, Shakira turned around.
It was at that moment.
When Shakira turned away from the Lightning King, a blond man wearing a skull mask appeared before her.
‘Isaac?’
Isaac Ivanov had appeared.
‘That…’
With a huge hammer in his hand.
“It’s dangero…”
Crackle!
Just as Shakira wanted to shout a warning to him, lightning erupted from the Lightning King’s finger and struck Isaac Ivanov directly.
The force of the strike shook the entire area, as if it was a tank sh.e.l.l that had struck, and naturally, heavy winds buffeted those nearby.
“Kuk!”
The winds were so strong that Shakira had to use her full power in order to withstand them.
‘He’s dead.’
Naturally, Shakira believed that Isaac Ivanov was almost certainly dead after receiving such an attack.
Of course, the Lightning King didn’t take such things into consideration.
Crackle!
Instead, the Lightning King continued to bombard the spot where Isaac Ivanov had been standing with lightning.
A lightning storm began to brew.
“Kuack!”
Noticing this, Shakira let out a shout and began running away as quickly as she could.
Even that was only possible because she also used Lightning Spirits.
Because of that, her resistance to lightning wasn’t something that normal players could match up to.
“Ugh!”
“Kuh!”
This was proved by players, who were even further away than she was, collapsing, paralysed after being electrocuted.
Moreover, the lightning which was being thrown by the Lightning King in the Lightning G.o.d state was not ordinary lightning. (TL:…sick of the word ‘lightning’…)
[The rage of Lightning G.o.d Indra strikes everywhere.]
It was lightning filled with Lightning G.o.d Indra’s anger.
It was lightning that attacked everything in its range without any discrimination.
“Ugh!”
Kiii!
Facing the rage of the Lightning G.o.d, the players and Goblins all looked on, terrified.
They knelt down before the Lightning King.
Only one person was relaxed in this situation.
“Aigoo.”
Looking at the lightning that was striking down repeatedly, Lee Jin-ah couldn’t help but shake his head and let out a whistle.
“It must be fully charged by now.”
It was at that moment.
[Mjolnir descends.]
A new notification appeared in the battlefield.
(TL: Hey guys!! Back from my short christmas break. The release schedule will return to normal and I’ll try to boost the rate as much as I’m able to. Hope you all had a good christmas ^-^)
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