#31. Apollo’s Sun Chariot (3)
“… what?”
Address asked softly, but Damdeok couldn’t hear anything right now.
‘You don’t necessarily have to beat them. ‘It’s enough to tame it with the characteristics of the opening order.’
Damdeok’s feet moved little by little toward the end of the carriage.
Ju Soo-yul started speaking as he looked like he was going to jump at any moment.
“Hey, Yu Damdeok. I told you in advance that the moment you get close to that place, even your bones will burn to death… .”
Before Jooyul could finish his words, Damdeok kicked the roof of the carriage and jumped up.
Faaah!
“I’m crazy… .”
As Ju Soo-yul’s mouth opened slightly, Damdeok, floating in the air, quickly poured out his sword energy.
Tukan! Tukakang! Tukakakang!
Pure white swords pouring down as if firing a machine gun.
The sun wolves were frightened by the sudden attack and began to run away.
“There’s no use running away.”
Damdeok started spinning around the fire pit as if he was floating in the air.
A naked human being without any equipment is floating freely in the air.
It was like watching a magic show.
The corner of Soo-yul’s mouth, who was watching, slowly rose.
‘That guy only used the skill on one leg.’
Damdeok spins around and flings his sword energy away. A faint divine power was wrapped around his right foot.
‘Maybe it’s a wind rush. It must be the skill you showed back then.’
Not only was it not enough to keep his body in the air with shockwaves by constantly blowing his sword energy, he weakly cast the wind sprint skill on one leg only to change direction.
It was truly an ingenious and bold idea.
‘He’s a really fun guy.’
Although he had become detached from everything after going through a long series of reincarnations, Damdeokman always surprised him with new and ingenious ideas.
‘When we first met, the only thing I knew how to do was I was a penny-pin.’
The Damdeok I met in my first life was literally a blank slate.
The only advantage it has is its purity?
They say everyone has at least one thing they are good at, but Damdeok had none of that.
He was a child who was always treated like an idiot and teased by neighborhood kids, and yet he couldn’t even properly protest.
The second such Damdeok… Hundredth… It began to change little by little as it passed through its thousandth life.
‘Usually, life is similar to the previous life, or even if it is only slightly better.’
In particular, even if this life is a little better, it is common for a person to return to their original abilities after a few more lives.
In fact, everyone who watched the address rate regressed to 1,869 times.
But what about Damdeok?
Damdeok, and only Damdeok, has always achieved a life that is one step better than his previous life.
Even if it were a development as small as dust, the results achieved through 1,869 reincarnations were by no means small.
‘So, the only person in this world who can kill ‘it’ is that guy.’
It was the only thing that no one else but Damdeok could do.
‘I am reincarnated just for that purpose.’
Ju Soo-yul looked at Damdeok, who was swinging his sword like crazy with a solemn expression.
“Here we go again!”
Damdeok’s hand, which charged powerfully, bounced out from the side of the sun wolf’s head.
“Wow, it’s hot!!!”
Damdeok returned to the empty space far away and frowned at the burning pain.
‘Whoa, I’m really going crazy.’
Unlike the Hound Dungeon, it was not that difficult to use the Opening Ceremony trait.
[‘Opening Decree’ activation condition: pat!]
“No, how on earth can you pat those things?” .”
– Crrrrrrr.
-Karrrrrr.
Armed with flames brimming from head to toe, it seemed almost impossible to pat them down.
‘It’s not as easy as you think… .’
It was a trick to quickly hit and escape by concentrating the wave’s protection on the hand.
However, perhaps because they ate the flame containing Apollo’s magical power, they had already grown in size.
‘As soon as I get close to it, I feel like I’m melting.’
It felt as if not only the hand that was concentrating the wave’s protection but also the rest of the body would burn up.
‘If only I could somehow access it… .’
Damdeok thought for a while and his expression hardened as if he had decided on something.
“I was going to leave this behind if possible, but I guess I can’t help it… .”
Spaaaa!
As if Damdeok’s sword was swinging, the X-shaped blue sword energy quickly attacked the sun wolves.
– Keeng!
– Crrrrr! Cough! Wow!
The sun wolf’s flame mane, which had been hit squarely by the wave slash, visibly faded.
‘good. ‘If there’s a flame like that!’
You can use Wave Slash at most three times, maybe four if you’re smart? anyway.
Finish it before then!
Damdeok’s body descended vertically.
The wind sprint that was triggered toward the sole of the foot was pushing Damdeok like a rocket.
Wedge!
“First one!”
Damdeok’s hand, covered in splashing water, was placed on the head of the wandering guy.
Chiiik!
Smoke rose between my fingers and it felt like I was touching heated iron.
‘It’s a little hot, but it’s bearable.’
I closed my eyes tightly and rubbed the guy’s head.
Pat pat.
The guy who was looking at Damdeok with an absurd expression soon flashed fiercely in his eyes.
– Cough!
To that sound,
[Tiring!]
[The characteristic ‘Opening Order’ has been activated!]
[Number of groups following you: 57.]
‘Great!’
Damdeok’s eyes lit up and he looked back at the guy in front of him.
– Kiing? Panting!
Whenever he shows his teeth in a vicious way, he quickly turns into a gentle sheep.
Before I knew it, the sparkling eye light had changed into something as bright as the eyes of a puppy.
“haha. Good good. “He’s nice~”
I exchanged glances with the guy and patted his head once more.
A guy waving his tail wrapped in flames,
It was perfect.
‘It’s slowly getting hot again.’
The surface, once cooled by the waves, began to boil again.
“Can you put a fire to the surface?”
I answered Damdeok’s question! The thing that barked opened its mouth wide and started swallowing up all the flames around it.
‘Oh, it’s so much better.’
It seems that even the inside of the fire pit is made of flame.
After eating some, the baked dirt was smooth.
“You can stop now. “At this level, I should be able to stand still with the blessings of the waves.”
Crack. I took a step.
It was only a space of about 3 pyeong, but how could you still stand on the sun?
Damdeok looked satisfied.
The tamed one was also wagging its tail as if it was happy.
The sight of these two must have been so strange that the other wolves who were watching were very upset.
– Wow! Wow!
– Cough! Wow!
– Awww-!
“good. Sun Wolf No. 1. Now get the rest of them out of here.”
The guy who got used to Damdeok’s words quickly spewed out red-hot flames again.
Good luck! Grumble!
– Cough! Kkkkkkkkkkk!
The guys were taken aback by their colleague’s sudden change and took a step back.
Damdeok’s Sun Wolf No. 1 chased after him fiercely.
‘In the first place, a loyal domestic dog is scarier than a wild dog.’
Taking advantage of the guy’s brave performance, Damdeok quickly cast a second wave slash.
“You can’t be satisfied with just one guy.”
Wedge!
Once again, X-shaped blue sword energy flew towards the sun wolves.
Thanks to No. 1’s driving force, a larger number of them were properly hit by the wave slash this time.
– Keeng!
– Kyung!
Is that all?
To create a place for me to step, he also showed his cleverness by quickly eating up the surrounding flames.
Thanks to this, I was able to pat the heads of two dogs with one step.
Cheeeeeeeek!
The heat was such that the wave’s protection evaporated in an instant, but this level of pain was nothing.
[Tiring!]
[The characteristic ‘Opening Order’ has been activated!]
[Number of groups following you: 59.]
‘good. like this!’
Just as I was about to cast the next wave slash, my body tilted.
At the same time, the heat of the fire pit oppressed Hwaak’s body.
“Ugh.”
Damdeok, who quickly released his spiritual power and escaped into the air, had no choice but to remain frozen.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
The sun chariot was crashing.
Or, to be more precise, the fireball itself was rapidly falling to the ground.
‘How did this happen…? .’
I felt floating again.
It wasn’t the pleasant feeling of floating like before.
Damdeok’s body falling at a high speed, with the feeling of his organs being pushed downward.
‘damn! ‘I can’t use shockwaves!’
Up in the sky, there was nothing around.
The fire pit and the sun chariot were already falling below.
‘no! If it falls like this… !’
You need to reduce the impact even just before you hit!
When I was in a hurry to prepare the Dwarven Hammer Punch,
– Heeeeee!
A familiar sound of a horse neighing was heard from somewhere.
“Anyway, it takes a lot of work.”
A hand appeared from nowhere and lifted Damdeok’s body up.
In an instant, the body was seated on the horse saddle.
Damdeok looked to the side in bewilderment.
Ju So-yul was just staring straight ahead with no expression.
“… “Did you separate the horses from the carriage?”
“Then who would have done it?”
The fall occurred in an instant.
You separated the carriage and horses in that short period of time?
As if reading my mind, Sooyul muttered dryly.
“The fall was predicted from the moment the sun wolf appeared.”
“what?”
“Apollon’s fire pit and sun chariot are perfectly balanced. “If one of the two becomes heavier or lighter, the carriage will gradually fall.”
“… So you kept riding the carriage even though you knew it was going to fall? why?”
“… … .”
Address rate did not respond.
But somehow I guessed it.
‘You probably wanted to see how I would deal with wolves.’
From what I have seen so far, Ju Ju-yul has great faith in his own foresight abilities.
‘You absolutely believe that only I can stop the war of the gods.’
Of course, I hope so too.
No, I will actually do my best to make that happen.
But apart from that… .
‘Isn’t the prophecy always true?’
However, Joo-yul said that it was meaningless if it wasn’t for me, and he just hoped that no matter what happened, I would get stronger quickly.
Even if you are eliminated… .
“Why are you so dazed? Hold on tight. “The sun wolves cannot be left alone.”
After saying a dry word, Soo-yul quickly headed downward.
At the same time, scenes that I did not want to see came into view at a glance.
‘The village and the forest are all… .’
It was burning.
As well as Apollo’s fire pit, all the places where the excited solar wolves ran were becoming covered with fire.
I could see the collapsed thatched-roof houses and the urgent movements of the villagers.
Children crying amidst flying red embers… .
The area around my heart felt tight, as if it was being tightened.
“… “Let’s go faster.”
At my words, Jooyul swung his whip without saying a word, and I jumped down before I could hit the ground and fired wave after wave of slashes at the sun wolf in front of me.
Wedge! Wedge!
Was it because I was excited?
The first one missed and only the second hit.
I wanted to use Wave Slash again, but I couldn’t feel any more divine power left.
‘It’s all about monopolizing rewards, and there’s nothing we can do about it.’
In order to resolve this situation, we have no choice but to fight together with Juryul… !
First, I placed my hand on the head of a guy who was lying down after being hit by a wave.
‘If you tame as many as possible and fight together, you have a chance of winning.’
It was at that moment that fireworks exploded.
[congratulations!]
[The number of followers following you has exceeded 60!]
[An additional skill for the characteristic ‘Opening Order’ is created!]
What is the additional skill of the opening decree?
The message that appeared before my eyes was sparkling more brightly than ever.
[‘Opening Decree’ Additional Skill: Howling.]
[You can summon all the dogs you have ever tamed!]
[They will do anything you say!]
fantasy,
