Chapter 404: The Absolute Bond
Chapter 404: The Absolute Bond
The wind howled across the ruined landscape of the Korean peninsula, carrying the scent of wood."Who are you really?" Red Thorn asked, turning fully around to face Lian. Her crimson eyes bored into him.
Lian met her overwhelming, oppressive gaze without flinching.
"I am Lian, and my goal is to stay by your side, forever!" Lian said, spreading his arms wide, a confident smirk on his face.
No matter what apocalyptic threats she threw at him, or how cold her demeanor became, he wouldn’t give up. His absolute, shameless declaration, however, only served to grate on her fractured patience.
His words only made Red Thorn even more irritated. She stretched her hand towards Lian, channeling a lethal dose of energy meant to instantly rupture a mortal’s core. And after some seconds, nothing happened. The energy simply vanished into the ether, completely nullified by an unseen law.
Red Thorn stared at her own hand in profound disbelief: "Why didn’t it work?" She asked herself in genuine shock.
"If you were about to kill me, I am sorry, it won’t work." Lian shrugged casually.
"Look at this!"
He drew his own blade and forcefully threw his sword towards her without a single moment of hesitation. It spun through the air like a deadly buzzsaw, but to Red Thorn’s absolute surprise, the blade violently stopped right in front of her nose, hanging suspended in the air without her even interfering or raising a barrier. The universe itself refused to allow the strike to connect.
WHOOSH!!
It violently flew back towards Lian, rejecting its master’s intent. With so much force it smashed heavily into the young man’s chest, throwing him butt first to the hard ground.