# Chapter 85
Amidst everyone’s surprise, only Jaehee was calm. Due to his depleted energy, he couldn’t sense wavelengths, and because of the ringing in his ears, he couldn’t hear anything. Like being trapped alone in a place where no one existed, all of Jaehee’s senses were not functioning properly.
At that moment, someone appeared in his reddened vision. Jaehee struggled to open his eyes that kept closing. A large silhouette was caught in his pupils. The person approached. A familiar scent reached him, and Jaehee recognized who it was.
‘…Geon… woo…’
How did he come so soon?
That thought flashed through his mind, and the emotion that followed was “fear.” He was afraid to meet Geonwoo’s gaze looking down at him, afraid to see his face. All along, while Geonwoo had been lying immobile as his Bond was being erased, wavelengths revealing his dark emotions had unconsciously flowed from his body.
He must have disliked it.
He must have hated it.
Lee Jaehee, who had deceived him, must have created such emotions in Choi Geonwoo. Even though it was clearly a situation he had created, Jaehee was afraid to see Geonwoo’s cold gaze. Despite it being the situation he had wanted, he… didn’t have the confidence to face such a Geonwoo.
“…”
Jaehee’s eyes slowly closed. He had no strength left to think about anything more. His life was fading away.
Geonwoo lifted such a Jaehee into his arms. He poured a blue potion over Jaehee’s body, which had collapsed unconscious. It was a top-tier potion exclusively for Guides. Geonwoo also let some potion flow into Jaehee’s mouth.
“Guide-nim, please wait a little.”
Though the potion couldn’t provide complete healing, it would help him get through the critical situation.
The problem was something else. Under Jaehee’s torn shirt, his pale white skin was visible. On it, crimson geometric patterns had settled. It was a curse. The dark elf’s curse, which slowly choked the prey to death, couldn’t be broken with a potion. Only the dark elf himself could lift the curse.
Rip.
Geonwoo grabbed the front of his black shirt and tore it off. Geonwoo’s black shirt overlapped Jaehee’s white shirt that was torn in various places. Geonwoo carefully laid Jaehee down, as if handling glass that could break at any moment.
Then he used his ability to create a water barrier around Jaehee. It was a hemispherical protective shield. Geonwoo created a very strong barrier so that no one else could touch Jaehee anymore.
Whoosh-!
Behind such a Geonwoo, two elves rushed in. They thought now was the perfect opportunity since he was distracted. Sharp daggers targeted Geonwoo’s heart.
But, KWANG-!
An invisible force pushed the two elves sideways. It was telekinesis. Pushed by that force, both elves flew into the walls on either side of the temple. The daggers fell to the ground.
But the elves couldn’t pick up their swords again. This was because the force pressing them against the wall didn’t disappear until their breath was cut off. With terrible screams, the elves’ black blood flowed messily down the white walls on both sides.
“…”
Everyone froze at the sudden event.
Geonwoo turned around. He looked down at the bottom of the temple. At the same time, an unbearable killing intent spread quickly around the temple. A suffocating silence and tension dominated everyone. No one could move. They instantly sensed that the moment they moved, they would die.
-KEEEEACK-!
But the insects with low intelligence ignored that intuition. The insect leaders rushed at Geonwoo, who had enlarged the pillar of fire created by Minhun and burned thousands of their minions. Numerous insects followed behind them. So many creatures rushed at Geonwoo that the ground couldn’t be seen.
KWAGWANG-!
At that moment, a massive flame rose from the ground where the insect leaders stood. The minions jumped into the flames to save their leaders. They were trying to push the leaders out of the flames.
Then, suddenly, the wind began to blow. Following Geonwoo’s gesture, the calm atmosphere trembled. A tornado-like wind swirled around the flames. The wind amplified the power of the flames. A strong fire that would burn the 10-meter insects until not even ashes remained rose as if to pierce the sky.
[…!]
The dark elf’s pupils dilated. It had annihilated all the insect leaders that the dark elf had bound with parasites.
Kikikikik-!
The insects that had lost their leaders began to flee. Seeing such insects, Geonwoo stretched out his hand. He used his ability again. A transparent, hemispherical, massive protective barrier encompassed the temple area.
“Wh-What is this! Ugh!”
All the Espers were rolling on the ground. When they regained consciousness and stood up, they had all been pushed outside the barrier.
“What is this, exactly?”
The Espers, who had somehow been pushed outside the ant territory, looked at the temple with confused faces. Now only the monsters and Geonwoo were inside the transparent barrier. It could no longer be considered a protective shield. It was more accurate to see it as a prison to slaughter the monsters.
The dark elf’s face stiffened. When he first saw the B-class Espers, it was laughable. Even when he saw the A-class Espers, he remained relaxed. Only when he saw Kang Dohyun did he think that he could be a threat to himself. But the overwhelming difference in numbers. That’s what kept the dark elf at ease.
But not now.
A massive wavelength that could swallow his own wavelength dominated the temple area. Emotions were faintly contained in the wavelength. It was a great anger. It was an emotion that made the whole body tremble involuntarily.
The dark elf immediately loaded his bow. And he shouted loudly.
[Go!]
He directed all the remaining monsters. He didn’t need to look at the others. The enemy he had to face, no, the enemy he had to deal with, was only the S-class Esper Choi Geonwoo in front of him.
Dozens of crimson arrows flew toward the temple where Geonwoo was. The powerful bow that had penetrated both Minhun’s flames and Dohyun’s telekinesis flew quickly toward Geonwoo.
But at that moment, a massive fireball was created around Geonwoo. It was the same as what Jaehee had created through Minhun earlier. The Esper that Jaehee had imitated was Geonwoo.
But there was a huge difference from what Jaehee had created. It would be right to say they were on different dimensions. Because dozens of crimson fireballs were created that would make the viewers’ knees weaken.
KWAKWAKWAKWANG-!
After that, it was a one-sided massacre. Monsters were burned to ashes, and parasites were bleeding blue blood everywhere. The elves were not safe either. Black blood of elves was splattered all over the blue blood of the parasites. In short, the inside of the barrier was hell for the monsters.
Watching that, Minhun trembled.
“He must have just manifested.”
Outside the barrier, Minhun murmured softly while looking at Geonwoo. Judging by the way he was releasing his wavelength mixed with emotions without properly containing it, he had clearly manifested not long ago, but Choi Geonwoo’s control in using his abilities was different. It didn’t look immature at all.
It takes at least a few months to become skilled in using abilities, and for higher grades, it can take years. But in just a few minutes, no, with each passing second, Geonwoo’s control was becoming more sophisticated and precise.
It was the influence of the dream. Geonwoo had already seen in his dream how he used his abilities, how he maximized his powers, and numerous battles in which he fought. Like a treasure chest that endlessly produces treasures no matter how many times it’s emptied, the numerous fragments of dreams showed him the most efficient combat methods.
There was no monster here that could stand against such a Geonwoo. Even the dark elf was merely prey to Geonwoo. Fear gradually settled in the dark elf’s eyes. What should he do? The hesitating dark elf saw the Espers outside the barrier. The dark elf immediately turned his head. There were also Espers inside the barrier. B-class Espers bound by parasites.
The corner of the dark elf’s mouth formed a cruel smile. He clutched the parasites as if to burst them, and stretched his hand toward Geonwoo.
[Humans, go!]
The B-class Espers moved at the parasite’s command.
“No!”
Minhun banged on the barrier with both hands and shouted something like a scream. Everyone thought all had been pushed outside the barrier, but that wasn’t the case. All the B-class Espers were inside.
The Espers who noticed this tried to enter the barrier. They tried to protect them. But even when they used their abilities, the barrier didn’t get even a slight scratch. They could only watch.
“Damn it! Damn it all!”
The B-class Espers cursed and shed tears. Their bodies moved on their own. A voice resonated in their heads, telling them to draw out their abilities and kill the fellow Espers in front of them. It was a maddening situation. And they would probably ‘die.’ The fear of death settled in everyone’s minds.
Behind them, the dark elf was laughing so hard his mouth was splitting.
