[Chapter 163]
[Demon of Fireworks (6)]
Nevertheless, Noh Eun-ha's quick wit in not panicking and boldly choosing to take a risk to overturn the situation again.
Thus Noh Eun-ha won.
People were ecstatic.
"My goodness... Even if it wasn't a match where they fought as equals, this is..."
"...He beat
Everyone present couldn't help but be surprised.
Even most people who predicted Noh Eun-ha's victory had given up hope when the 4th seal was released.
That's how powerful Twelve Zodiac
Yet Noh Eun-ha didn't give up and finally defeated
"...Amazing."
While Noh Eun-ah was jumping up and down like others next to her.
Twelve Zodiac
Who on earth could charge so recklessly at
Generally speaking, what Noh Eun-ha just showed was tantamount to suicide.
But Noh Eun-ha realized a sliver of possibility in reality.
"Kyaa! Eun-ha! Noh Eun-ha! Look here! It's noona! Did you see just now? That kid is my younger brother! My younger brother!"
Noh Eun-ah was very excited.
She even casually conversed with the person in front of her.
Park Hye-rim couldn't help but smile bitterly seeing her rejoice.
It wasn't unreasonable for her to be so happy.
Though it wasn't a match with conditions for them to fight equally, Noh Eun-ha had defeated a Twelve Zodiac.
The meaning that held was very significant.
The best thing to highlight a player's recognition is achievements.
Perhaps when discussing
For example,
He might even be called by a completely new alias.
Park Hye-rim admired Noh Eun-ha's skills again.
It was then─.
─Whoosh!!
""""...!!""""
In the arena where protective magic was released.
Suddenly, huge flames rose to the ceiling.
The flames that rose once didn't go out and started burning vigorously.
This human really...!
Kang Hyun-chul had gone berserk.
He who couldn't accept the match result finally caused an accident.
Park Hye-rim clicked her tongue.
"Eun-ah! Use magic with the image of containing the fire!"
"Yes! I'll do that!"
People screamed.
Not only players but ordinary people were mixed in this place.
They couldn't help but be startled by the rapidly heating air and flames coming over to the spectator seats.
Park Hye-rim hurriedly deployed magic while shouting at Eun-ah who was using magic almost simultaneously.
Fortunately, there were players gathered in the arena who could skillfully deal with the current situation besides her.
Also─.
─Rewind
Not only
She tapped the floor with her staff made of old wood.
Whoosh!
At that moment, the effect of the artifact she was wearing disappeared.
Her hair turned yellow.
At the same time, the arena's protective magic that reacted to her mana began to forcibly activate.
"This is just a temporary measure. I've just rewound time a bit, so please quickly tell the instructors to properly activate the protective magic."
While people enthusiastically welcomed the appearance of
Priscis Memory spoke to a nearby telepath.
The telepath who was surprised by her sudden appearance nodded and sent telepathy to the instructors.
Fortunately, by then the instructors were in the process of activating protective magic under
"He's crazy, crazy... If you lose, just accept it like an adult. No, he's not even a child really..."
Thanks to that, the accident could be prevented.
Park Hye-rim who had deployed separate protective magic on Noh Eun-ah and the spectator seats just in case, twitched her lips.
Kang Hyun-chul had caused a major accident.
Even if no damage occurred, it was a place where prestigious people were gathered.
What would they think?
Moreover─.
"─What should we do with him? He doesn't listen."
Fairy Lim Ga-eul was there too.
If Twelve Zodiac
She was someone reigning above even him.
Naturally, the damage caused by
She had reason to be displeased.
But─.
"─What kind of match is this!! A match is fighting until you collapse from exhaustion! Let's fight without restrictions, to our heart's content!!"
Kang Hyun-chul was unleashed.
He was fighting Noh Eun-ha while committing arson inside the protective magic surrounding the arena.
No, Noh Eun-ha wasn't fighting but barely avoiding his attacks.
Even though he kept showing actions that he had no intention to fight.
Kang Hyun-chul was rampaging crazily.
"Hmm... Should I just dismiss him from the Twelve Zodiac seat? That would be best, right?"
"Fa-Fairy! Please calm down first! You know too! There's no one as easy to handle as that guy!"
"Calm down? Am I the one who needs to calm down? Not that guy who can't distinguish whether he's a Twelve Zodiac or an arsonist?"
"...!"
Lim Ga-eul asking while giggling.
Park Hye-rim who was startled tried to defend Kang Hyun-chul out of their long relationship.
But she ended up incurring the Fairy's anger instead.
She who knew the Fairy's temper quickly shut her mouth.
Meanwhile─.
"─Hey! Catch that bastard!"
"This is why I suggested not to have this match..."
The instructors were hurriedly jumping into the protective magic while crying and eating mustard.
Thanks to them, Eun-ha was able to safely escape from Kang Hyun-chul.
The problem was those two people.
"Good, this is it! I've been wanting to fight with noona and
"Do you really want to die, you bastard!?"
"Crazy bastard..."
Including those two.
The instructors subduing the rampaging Kang Hyun-chul spat out words they couldn't even say.
Just then he exploded with power.
The instructors who were focusing on subduing him were startled and retreated.
To this,
At that moment─.
"─Witch."
"Yes."
Lim Ga-eul's patience reached its limit.
She spoke to Priscis Memory who had refocused on guarding her as the situation progressed to some extent.
"Send me over there."
"It'll be dangerous, are you sure?"
"Isn't it your job to make sure I'm not in danger? You have to come down with me."
"That's true. Alright."
With a chuckle.
Priscis Memory laughed softly.
Soon she spread wide the hand not holding her staff.
Extract
Omit unnecessary processes.
And connect scene to scene.
Priscis Memory and Lim Ga-eul wrapped in magic were standing in the arena the moment they perceived it.
Lim Ga-eul who had experienced her magic several times before wasn't flustered even when the world suddenly changed.
"You're really disgracing me."
Click click.
Lim Ga-eul approached Kang Hyun-chul who was clashing swords with Hwang Jin-hee.
She removed the bracelet suppressing her presence.
And─.
─Gift
Avoiding the instructors' restraint.
She extended her hand towards Kang Hyun-chul and activated her gift.
""""...!!""""
White silver mana.
And the power to disperse mana.
The flames filling the arena soon went out under the influence of
The instructors who realized her identity just from her deploying magic made shocked expressions.
But she didn't care about them and was focusing on Kang Hyun-chul.
Eventually, he who had been rampaging madly came under the influence of her magic─.
"─Kuk... cough... hey shit...!!"
With a thud.
He collapsed on the floor.
Kang Hyun-chul who had flames covering his whole body rolled on the floor with small embers attached to his body.
No, he writhed.
By then, the flames flowing from his body no longer existed.
"...Urk...!!"
He can't even speak properly.
He can't gather mana in his heart.
Even the faint mana that makes the heart beat was being dispersed by the power of
It was useless no matter how much Kang Hyun-chul collapsed on the floor tried to struggle.
He couldn't use magic itself.
Since his heart wasn't beating, he couldn't muster the strength to move his body.
"Should I just kill him like this?"
Unable to do anything.
Kang Hyun-chul had to feel his breath running out very slowly.
It was the same for other people.
The face of a person dying slowly with a pained expression was indescribable.
Nevertheless, Lim Ga-eul just looked down at him with a cold face.
Finally─.
"─..."
Kang Hyun-chul's eyes rolled back.
He fainted with foam in his mouth.
Only then did she withdraw her power.
☆
Kang Hyun-chul went berserk.
Eun-ha had no choice but to receive his sword even to survive.
This is why I didn't want to fight this bastard...!
Kang Hyun-chul was like this in his previous life too.
He just kept annoying him until he was satisfied.
So actually, Eun-ha was subconsciously mindful that things might happen like this.
However, fortunately there were many people around who could control Kang Hyun-chul.
Eun-ha who somehow bought time soon left his back to the people who appeared to stop the rampaging Kang Hyun-chul.
Then he was trying to compose his body whose physical abilities had decreased from using his gift─.
─Why is Lim Ga-eul coming out here?
Suddenly the Fairy appeared.
She used the power of
Eun-ha couldn't hide his bewildered feelings watching her back.
"Thoroughly restrain him so he can't use magic and send him to the Mana Management Organization. Feed him only bread and water while imprisoning him there..."
Meanwhile, Lim Ga-eul who subdued Kang Hyun-chul was directing the instructors.
The instructors followed her words, especially Shin Seo-young who came forward and bound Kang Hyun-chul's arms and legs in several layers.
They even put a muzzle on him.
The instructors put him in a coffin they brought from somewhere.
"How do we really fix that?"
Once things were settled like that.
Lim Ga-eul whose identity was exposed to people grumbled while crossing her arms.
Then she looked for Eun-ha.
Eun-ha met her eyes.
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
"In many places."
"You look like it, kid. You seem to need treatment the most among the people here."
She wiped the soot on Eun-ha's cheek.
Eun-ha let her touch his body quietly.
"I have so much I want to say... But I can't keep a hurt child for long, so it can't be helped. Today's match was really amazing. I feel like dismissing that crazy bastard from the Twelve Zodiac and putting you there instead."
"..."
This was probably the highest praise Lim Ga-eul could express.
Eun-ha softly said thank you hearing her words.
She smiled slightly.
"Instructor Shin Seo-young."
"Yes, Fairy."
"If it's not a problem, could you leave the role of introducing this match's winner to me?"
""""...!!""""
"...Yes, please do so. It would be an honor for us."
Lim Ga-eul spoke gently.
The instructors were all startled hearing her words.
Eun-ha was surprised too.
Every word of the Fairy has meaning.
Each word exerts influence.
[─Hello. I am Fairy Lim Ga-eul. There was a small problem at the end, but it was still a really good match. Don't you think so too?]
She who received the microphone from the instructor.
She spoke affectionately while looking around the spectator seats.
Then the murmuring people stopped abruptly and closed their mouths.
Thousands of gazes poured on her at once.
Nevertheless, she continued speaking without being intimidated by their pressure.
[
She praised Noh Eun-ha.
The Fairy's praise became words that highly raised his value.
[Then in the name of Fairy Lim Ga-eul, I announce that the winner of this match is academy student Noh Eun-ha. Congratulations on winning by defeating one of our country's strongest, student Noh Eun-ha.]
""""...!!""""
The ripple effect brought by short words.
Lim Ga-eul officially acknowledged with her own mouth that Noh Eun-ha had defeated a Twelve Zodiac.
Furthermore, she declared that he had the qualities to be called one of the strongest in the country without shame.
People were shocked by the unprecedented high praise that flowed from the Fairy's mouth.
And Eun-ha─.
─Why is this person praising me so much? It's burdensome.
Eun-ha felt burdened receiving an unexpected evaluation.
And so the match came to an end.
☆
"Summer unni was the Fairy?"
Bom-yeoreum unni was the Fairy.
Noh Eun-ah belatedly realized after seeing her subdue Kang Hyun-chul with the power of White Silver.
No way, no way...
How could that be?
She thought she might be someone in a fairly high position.
Perhaps an immediate family member of a top 10 chaebol group who doesn't do much public activity.
But she never imagined she was the Fairy.
"Summer un... no, Fairy..."
Eventually Fairy Lim Ga-eul who returned to her seat with Priscis Memory while attracting many people's gazes.
Eun-ah didn't know how to treat her.
She was flustered.
Then Lim Ga-eul who seemed to read her bewilderment smiled bitterly.
"I'm sorry for deceiving you all this time. I never thought I'd be exposed like this. Won't you understand that I had no intention of deceiving you, Eun-ah?"
"Ah, no. It's okay..."
"Then that's good."
She's such a distant person.
Noh Eun-ah was extremely polite.
Lim Ga-eul shrugged her shoulders.
"Well then, I have to go back since there are many eyes watching. I had fun today."
"...Yes. Have a safe trip."
"Be comfortable. I'm fine with it."
"..."
"Then I'll go."
Lim Ga-eul self-deprecating.
Eun-ah couldn't answer.
Soon when there was no answer even after waiting, Lim Ga-eul made a somewhat lonely face.
She was about to pass by Eun-ah─.
"─See you next time, unni."
"..."
An expression flashed for a moment.
Eun-ah who realized she had made a mistake instantly hurriedly spoke.
Lim Ga-eul turned around with wide eyes.
"I had fun today too."
Noh Eun-ah smiled brightly.
"Yes, let's meet again."
Lim Ga-eul who had stiffened finally burst into a smile.
Eun-ah sent her off like that.
Just then─.
"─Excuse me."
"Yes?"
Priscis Memory who was following behind Lim Ga-eul suddenly called Eun-ah.
Eun-ah who didn't expect to be called reflexively asked back.
"It's better not to use your gift as much as possible."
"..."
"If you don't want to regret later."
"...Yes. I'll do that. Thank you."
A tone as if advising.
Eun-ah couldn't read the expression of the witch wearing a conical hat.
"Well... what an interesting person. Strangely, I feel a sense of familiarity."
What an interesting person indeed.
A person who gave off a somehow familiar atmosphere from their first meeting.
She had felt a similar feeling when meeting Shin Seo-young and Lee Yu-jeong too.
She just blankly waved her hand seeing off the two people.
☆
"─It seems I won the bet."
Noh Eun-ha defeated Kang Hyun-chul.
Above all, Fairy Lim Ga-eul personally acknowledged that he was the winner.
The outcome of the bet was decided cleanly without room for excuses.
Han Seo-hyun looked at Oh Hae-in with a triumphant face.
"..."
Oh Hae-in didn't say anything.
She had been making a stiff expression ever since Eun-ha won.
Soon she─.
"─Hah... Ahaha... haha, hahaha!"
She let out a laugh.
Starting with that, she laughed loudly.
She laughed so the room echoed.
She even held her stomach laughing.
But Han Seo-hyun showed no reaction to her laughter.
She just calmly─.
"─Why, did you never think things wouldn't go according to your intentions?"
"...!"
"Your appearance trying to act calm while forcing laughter is quite pitiful."
"..."
Han Seo-hyun looked at Oh Hae-in's emotions through her eyes, not her face.
So she could deal with Oh Hae-in without being flustered.
And Oh Hae-in whose emotions were exposed stopped laughing.
She who always laughed vulgarly made a stiff expression.
That was her true appearance.
"─Fine, I lost. I never thought I'd lose. It seems Eun-ha was much stronger than I expected."
"Not much. Didn't you just hear? The Fairy acknowledged it. She said it wouldn't be strange if he's called the strongest domestically in the future."
"I don't think she said it quite like that... Fine, whatever. You won."
Oh Hae-in waved her hand.
Then she put her arms behind the chair and swung her legs.
An extremely unruly posture.
It was an attitude contrasting with how she had been polite to Han Seo-hyun until now.
"Ah, how annoying. It was a chance to raise our business ranking if we did well, but we failed at the end because of Noh Eun-ha."
"It's not because of Noh Eun-ha, but because you failed to recognize Eun-ha's qualities until now."
"...What an unpleasant bitch."
"Did you just now realize I'm unpleasant?"
"Eun-ha should know your personality is like this too. This is engagement fraud. Should I expose it all?"
"Go ahead and expose it. If you want to turn me into an enemy by doing that."
"No, forget it. I was just joking. Friends can make this level of jokes, right? I don't want to turn you guys into enemies yet."
"When were we ever friends?"
Han Seo-hyun stood up from her seat.
Oh Hae-in who tilted her head back looked up at her.
Han Seo-hyun towards her─.
"─Unless it's a master-servant relationship."
"...!"
"Know your place. Do you think you rose to 10th in the business world by your own power?"
"You're really annoying. Don't you know how to be considerate at all? You only choose to say unpleasant things."
"Isn't that natural? Consideration happens in equal relationships."
"Anyway, you're really unpleasant. You refuse to lose until the end..."
"Enough─."
Click click.
She headed towards the door.
The bodyguard waiting opened the door for her.
"─Just keep your end of the bet."
"Fine, I'll speak representing Samra Group. For the time being, we won't be friendly with Galaxy Group as your ally. Is that enough?"
"There's more besides that, right?"
"Ah, that?"
Oh Hae-in snickers.
Han Seo-hyun didn't step out the door until she answered.
Eventually Oh Hae-in raised her hand and opened her mouth.
"I'll become the scapegoat. Is that enough? Is that child so precious to you?"
"That's not your concern. If you get cursed a lot and become sad, I'll send you a letter of condolence."
"As if."
Hearing a satisfactory answer.
Han Seo-hyun turned her back on Oh Hae-in.