Chapter 139 : The Engraved Answer
Chapter 139: The Engraved Answer
“Final Fusion HackphysicalWerewolfLord….”
“Pfft! —Ah. Ahem. Sorry.”
Thud!
Regardless of Cha Seongcheol bursting into laughter at Jeong Nayeon’s quiet recitation of the chat, the combined might of Baek Woohyun and the boss werewolf was terrifyingly formidable.
That much was clear from the very first move. The creature charged at the Beau-tiful Twins with an incredible speed mismatched for its massive four-meter frame.
It was a speed that felt like it reached right in front of them in almost the blink of an eye.
Then again, it made sense, as the already powerful physical prowess of the boss werewolf was augmented by the strength granted by Baek Woohyun’s [Puppeteer Art].
Shriek!
“…?!”
The following slashes were equally fierce!
The boss werewolf’s claws were filled with enough force to tear apart anything they touched. Whether it be a person or a lump of iron.
The Beau-tiful Twins instinctively realized this fact and immediately chose to roll backwards to escape rather than block or deflect.
It was a decision perfectly following a lesson Baek Woohyun had once given here.
-Rolling rolling, deck rolling
-Is this that ‘falling and escaping’ technique from martial arts?
-If they dodged even a little later, they would’ve been torn apart O.O
-Is this the Final Fusion HackphysicalWerewolfLord…?
Shriek! Shriek!
“When dodging, always keep the next move in mind. If you get stuck only on the act of dodging, you’ll just keep being pushed back and eventually lose.”
The boss werewolf’s slashes continued like a landslide.
Each swing produced a terrifying sound of tearing air, and the Beau-tiful Twins had to dodge, almost rolling around as the chat described.
Still, unlike before where they twisted their bodies to at least attempt a stab, now even that seemed impossible to think of.
However, the light of unyielding will still burned fiercely in their eyes. They remained unbroken even in this overwhelmingly disadvantageous situation.
Right now, they were shouting with their entire beings: as long as they lived, an opportunity would surely come.
‘Good look in their eyes.’
Groooowl!
Thud!
Perhaps frustrated that its attacks kept tearing only empty air.
The boss werewolf, letting out a roar full of rage, charged at the Beau-tiful Twins with drool dripping messily.
Whether because the creature’s will and Baek Woohyun’s control were perfectly aligned, this charge was executed at a speed even faster than the previous one.
‘We can’t dodge this! Then!’
“I’ll!” “Yeah!”
Yun Daun stepped forward, resolved to withstand the attack with her body if needed, and Yun Areum, believing her twin would somehow block it, waited for an opening.
It was the twins’ unique, perfect coordination—thinking the same thought, making the same judgment at the same moment, even sharing it with a single word.
It was truly fitting for those who had been in sync since birth.
“Hoh.”
Baek Woohyun, standing atop the boss werewolf, found the Beau-tiful Twins’ choice quite pleasing, but that didn’t mean he held back.
He had already fought them plenty, adjusting his strength appropriately according to their growth rate, using the other werewolf entities.
They had sufficient combat experience against somewhat strong enemies. Now was the time to gain combat experience against an overwhelmingly powerful enemy.
“When deflecting an opponent’s attack, always straighten your body’s core axis. No matter how strong the attack, your center of gravity must not waver.”
Shriek!
Baek Woohyun’s guidance and the boss werewolf’s slash happened simultaneously, carrying a terribly lethal force.
It was natural, as it was a full-powered strike from a boss entity of a Reverse World, enhanced by party member count and supported by supernatural ability skills.
If Yun Daun chose to block head-on, or if her deflection was even slightly lacking, she would be torn to shreds right then.
Clang-clang!
“Gyahh—!”
‘Crazy! What is this strength!’
Amidst the sparks flying from the clash of claw and blade, Yun Daun let out a shout. It was a cry to forcibly hold together her body, which felt like it would collapse any moment.
She wasn’t facing it head-on; she tried to deflect it with her blade held at an angle, yet the power was this terrifying.
Gritting her teeth, she summoned every ounce of strength to maintain the angle of her blade. To fulfill the role of ‘blocking’ entrusted to her.
‘You held out well! Sister!’
“Haaah—!”
Swish!
Using the opening her twin sister bought, Yun Areum, who had plunged into the boss werewolf’s chest, stabbed her sword towards its flank.
Having diligently learned the basics of swordsmanship over the past days and trained relentlessly, her thrust was incredibly swift and sharp.
To the point that the boss werewolf, filled with the sole intent of killing the enemy before it, Yun Daun, couldn’t react in time.
“Ooh?!”
“A counterattack in one go!”
-Whoa
-Let’s go!
-Stabbed!
The moment even the spectating Cha Seongcheol and Jeong Nayeon thought the Beau-tiful Twins’ counterattack had succeeded.
—Baek Woohyun’s fingertip twitched.
Crack!
“Kyaah?!”
Groan?!
The boss werewolf’s left arm bent in a grotesque direction with a snap! sound, blocking Yun Areum’s sword.
It was the puppeteering skill Baek Woohyun had shown earlier with ordinary werewolves. Back then, it was used for offense; now, it was used for defense. That was the only difference.
Realizing this, the Beau-tiful Twins’ gazes turned towards Baek Woohyun standing atop the boss werewolf.
“Master?!”
-Damn it lololololol
-Kisamaaaaaa
-Final Fusion HackphysicalWerewolfLord is too strong!
-I thought they finally got a hit in, but he blocks it? T_T
No one knew what was meant by the Beau-tiful Twins’ united cry.
Was it resentment? Surprise? Or just an instinctive, reflexive action?
Only one thing was certain: their attack, squeezed out from an opportunity, was ultimately blocked by a single gesture from Baek Woohyun.
Grr?!
‘Did it break?’
Fortunately for the Beau-tiful Twins, the boss werewolf wasn’t completely unharmed.
While it prevented its flank from being pierced and its organs damaged, the left arm that attempted the sudden, grotesque movement had broken.
With an arm that was visibly swelling up, it would be impossible to deliver attacks with the same tearing power regardless of whether the twins blocked or not.
In other words, it was no exaggeration to say that only now had a proper opportunity come to them.
‘Will they be able to use this opportunity well?’
Baek Woohyun looked down at the Beau-tiful Twins with a faint smile.
His figure, standing boldly atop the four-meter-tall boss werewolf, exuded a presence akin to a final boss.
Especially since his revealed face, sans mask, was brimming with believability.
“Both of you are doing excellently. So far, it’s a hundred out of a hundred. Let’s try a little harder.”
“…Yes! Master!”
-Giving poison then medicine lololol
-Anyway, they got praised, so it’s fine.
-Hackphysical’s praise takes priority over beating the boss, after all.
-This is what Hackpartha’s lessons are about.
“Well, winning or losing against a boss mob isn’t that important.”
“Correct. This is, after all, practical training to hone skills. I think Hackphysical was closer to managing the teaching aid so it wouldn’t break.”
“And actually, he’s been doing that continuously, not just during the boss fight.”
The battle resumed, setting aside Jeong Nayeon and Cha Seongcheol’s conversation, and this time too, it was one-sided.
The boss werewolf ran wild, ignoring the injury of its broken left arm, and the Beau-tiful Twins repeated rolling here and there to survive within its rampage.
Knowing that while they could die and quickly return during the ordinary werewolf fights, they couldn’t do so during a boss fight, their struggle was rather desperate.
If not for the combat experience accumulated through the earlier ordinary werewolves and the skills that rapidly developed in danger, they would have surely been torn to shreds and defeated long ago.
“Gasp, huff!” “Huuu—”
-Oh dear
-They did well to hold out this much!
-Seriously, they held out well, this level is good.
-They weren’t supposed to win in the first place lol
However, there was no overcoming mental and physical limits, so the Beau-tiful Twins rapidly lost their strength past a certain point.
They were so busy catching their breath and regaining focus that they couldn’t even think of counterattacking, only frantically dodging. It showed how exhausted they were.
As ordinary people far removed from life-or-death fights, it was natural. When would they have ever experienced an extreme fight where failing to dodge properly meant death?
Rather, it was admirable they held out until now. Especially since they had fought with all their might several times even before the boss fight.
‘Now I can engrave it properly.’
Rustle!
That’s when Baek Woohyun, who had been quietly observing the situation, moved.
Stopping the boss werewolf that was about to continue its attack by clenching his left fist, he reached his right hand towards the Beau-tiful Twins.
The dozen or so indigo threads extending from his fingertips instantly bound the limbs of the Beau-tiful Twins, who had been startled by the sudden intervention and tried to dodge.
The twins, now looking like the werewolves that had been used as teaching aids, spoke with surprised expressions.
“M-Master?” “What is this—”
-What’s this, what’s happening?
-???: You are now a teaching aid.
-The twins have become teaching aids O.O
-He’s taking over because he’s frustrated, right? lololol
“It’s fine. Don’t resist. Just relax and entrust your bodies.”
At Baek Woohyun’s quiet yet firm instruction, the Beau-tiful Twins complied without a word. They immediately abandoned their intent to resist and entrusted themselves to the indigo threads.
They had already accepted Baek Woohyun as their master from the depths of their hearts, and they were tired enough to want a break anyway.
In such a situation, with Baek Woohyun intending to move their bodies for them, they judged it better to respond to his words rather than argue.
“Just feel this moment.”
Baek Woohyun, having gained control over the bodies of the two Beau-tiful Twins, declared.
To engrave the ‘correct answer’ he would now show onto their bodies.
Whether in body or in mind.
“Wow…”
“Whoa…”
-Damn;
-Going this far with someone else’s body O.O
-See, it’s not just his physical skills that are insane.
-Just call him a monster lololol
The fluid, dance-like movements, the vividly sharp sword strikes blossoming within them, and the coordination where the two complemented each other…
The combat displayed by the Beau-tiful Twins, controlled by indigo threads, captivated not only Jeong Nayeon and Cha Seongcheol but also the very souls of the viewers.
Even without professional knowledge, one could tell just by watching.
How supremely exquisite the unfolding swordsmanship was.
‘Ah.’
And how much of an impact this ‘correct answer’ must have had on the Beau-tiful Twins likely needs no explanation.
If even the spectators couldn’t hold back their admiration, how much more so for those directly experiencing it with their own bodies?
Moreover, as twins who had trained their way of fighting together, this ‘correct answer’ resonated with them all the more deeply.
It was the martial art honed over years of desperate struggle on hopeless battlefields by a possessor of insane talent, now being executed by two people as if one body.
“……”
Groooowl!
Slice!
Finally, with a near-scream as the boss werewolf’s death cry, the battle ended.
However, unlike a typical battle, what remained afterward was not victor and vanquished.
Only the teaching master and the taught disciples remained.
“Do you remember?”
The master, Baek Woohyun, asked with a faint smile.
“Yes! We remember!”
The disciples, the Beau-tiful Twins, answered powerfully.
Thus, the second ‘Hack Disciple’ content, along with the Reverse World practical training, came to a close.