Chapter 102

Grin….

Кhаn smilеd аs he loоkеd аt Lехar, whose еуes met his frоm far awау.

It wаsn’t а situаtiоn where hе could just lаugh frеelу, but hе thоught hе сould рrobаbly takе thеm аll dоwn with this one shоt of ‘Drаgon’s Breаth’.

‘Whаt a relief. As ехpected, theу hаve no idea what kind оf Мagic Drаgon’s Вrеаth is.’

‘Drаgon’s Breath’ is оnly a Rаnk 3 Skill, but it’s thе strоngest amоng Rаnk 3 Мagic.

‘Nо, it’s probаbly stronger than nоt just Rаnk 3 Skills, but most othеr Skills.’

In tеrms of shеer pоwer, it was prоbablу in thе top tier among аll the Skills thаt ехisted in <Gеo Arс>.

Sо whу was this Skill onlу Rank 3?

Тhеrе wаs а seраrаte rеаson for that.

[You have used the Skill ‘Dragon’s Breath’.]

[Due to the Skill ‘Sage’s Heart’, the Skill Cooldown is reduced to one-tenth.]

[The Cooldown for the Skill ‘Dragon’s Breath’ has been reduced from 365 days to 36 days and 12 hours.]

Messages that appeared as soon as he used the Skill.

One of the effects of the Rank 10 Hidden Skill, ‘Sage’s Heart,’ was Skill Cooldown reduction.

This wasn’t completely omnipotent.

He already knew that the Cooldown reduction wasn’t all-powerful from using ‘Mirror Defense,’ another one of his Hidden Skills.

‘The Cooldown for the Mirror Defense Skill is 10 days, and that was reduced to 1 day, so I expected this would also be reduced by exactly one-tenth… It’s a little disappointing.’

For Skills like ‘Dragon’s Breath’ with ridiculously long Skill Cooldowns, he had hoped for a much larger reduction.

‘I’ll barely be able to use it in a real fight.’

Using a Skill that could only be activated once every 36 days in a real battle was next to impossible.

And ‘Dragon’s Breath’ was one of the Skills that <Geo Arc> Users avoided.

Because its Skill Cooldown was one year, using it once meant you had to waste a whole year.

There was one more reason besides that.

Crrrack…!!!

Wooooong…!!!!!!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…!!!!

When ‘Dragon’s Breath’ is used, a giant dragon appears behind the caster, opens its mouth, and gathers Mana.

That was the problem.

‘The time it takes to gather this Mana is just too long.’

So Khan’s original plan was to go to where Lexar was first and, without any questions asked, fire ‘Dragon’s Breath’ at the bastard’s base.

Since this ‘Dragon’s Breath’ took a long time to prepare, it was bad to use unless it was for an Ambush from a distance.

‘Or it can only be used in situations like now, when they’re wary of a Magic they’ve never seen before.’

It seemed the Mages of Lexar’s Gang had decided to try and block this Dragon’s Breath somehow, rather than attacking Khan himself as he cast the Skill.

Wooooong…!!!!!!

They drew up their Mana and created a massive Mana Wall.

Khan, with his low Mana, couldn’t gauge the opponent’s Mana, but thanks to ‘Sage’s Heart,’ he could make a rough estimate.

‘This is ridiculous….’

A high-Purity Mana Wall created by an enormous amount of gathered Mana.

It seemed like it would be difficult to pierce with any kind of Magic.

However.

‘Dragon’s Breath is a Skill that annihilates anything and everything.’

While playing <Geo Arc>, Khan had already witnessed the power of ‘Dragon’s Breath’ several times.

He hadn’t seen it that many times because the Skill’s Cooldown was a whole year, but when another User used ‘Dragon’s Breath,’ he had seen it take down a boss-level Monster that he himself had struggled to defeat in a single blow.

‘Their Levels are… too far to see.’

Just what were their Levels?

Khan predicted that Lexar’s Level was around 200, and the rest of the Mages were probably in the low 100s.

‘I have to wipe them all out in one go…!’

In truth, this was his first and last chance.

A moment later, the dragon opened its mouth even wider and unleashed all the Mana it had gathered in its mouth at once.

Wooooong…!!!

Boooooooooooooooooom!!!!

Swoooooooooooooooooooooosh!!!!!

Vast Mana erupted from the dragon’s mouth with such tremendous force it seemed as if it would tear the sky apart.

‘This is… unbelievable.’

Even though he was the one who used the Skill, Khan himself was astonished by the overwhelming sight.

And Lexar, who was facing ‘Dragon’s Breath’ head-on, was even more horrified.

‘Don’t tell me, its power is this much…?!’

Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!!!!!!

Kwajijijijijijijijijijijik!!!!!!!!

As soon as ‘Dragon’s Breath’ touched the high-Purity Mana Wall created by Lexar’s Gang, a massive roar erupted, and cracks instantly began to form on the Mana Wall.

“P-Pour in more Mana!!! Pour in all the Mana you have right now!!”

“Yes!!!!”

“Understood!!!”

“Jarvian, Kalion! You two, use all the Mana you have as well!! If we can’t block it, we’ll be annihilated!”

“Understood!”

“Yes!”

Jarvian and Kalion.

These two were the Mages Lexar trusted and cherished the most within his gang.

Wooooooooooooong…!!!!!!!

“Kuaaaaaaaargh!!!”

“Keeeeuuuuuuuugh…!!!”

“M-My body…!!!”

As the Mages of Lexar’s Gang poured out all their Mana to survive, their bodies gradually began to melt.

When Mana is used to its limit, the body melts down.

If they didn’t stop there and continued to draw out Mana.

Pop!!!

Splatttter!!!

Pop!!!

Splaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!

Like this, the Mana Cores inside the Mages’ bodies would explode from Overload, killing them instantly.

Starting with the least skilled Mages in Lexar’s Gang, their bodies exploded in sequence, splattering blood and flesh in all directions.

“Don’t waver!! We’ll die anyway if we can’t block it!! We must block it even if we have to pour in all our Mana!!!”

“Y-Yes, sir…!!”

The Mages groaned in pain and tried to draw out more Mana somehow, but it was not enough.

Pop!!! Splaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!

Pop!!! Splaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

Pop!!! Splaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

The bodies of the Overloaded Mages continued to explode.

Before long, their numbers had well surpassed ten.

Pop!!! Splaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!

Pop!!! Splaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

Pop!!! Splaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

“Kuaaaaaargh!! I-I don’t want to die…!”

Woooong…!!

Booooom!!!!!

As his comrades kept dying, one Mage screamed and tried to run away.

At that, Lexar killed the Mage on the spot.

“There’s nowhere to run! Just focus on blocking the attack flying at us!!!”

Now, no one answered Lexar’s words anymore.

The Mages who had watched their comrades die were focusing all their attention on channeling their Mana into the wall.

And it worked quite well.

Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!!

The massive Mana Cannon, which looked like it would shatter the wall at any moment, was unable to break through the Mana Wall.

The Mana Cannon fired by the giant dragon still seemed to have its initial power.

‘This Mana Cannon… just when is it going to disappear!!’

Usually, Magic that fired energy made of Mana like this would dissipate after being blocked for a few seconds, but this Mana Cannon was still displaying its initial power.

Meanwhile, Sharin and Byutek stared at Khan as if he were a monster and opened their mouths.

“H-Hyungnim…! To think you could use such Magic…! You’re truly amazing!! Haha! As expected of our Hyungnim!!”

“Master….”

Byutek chattered on as usual, praising Khan, while Sharin looked like she had a lot to say but couldn’t get the words out in the end.

Khan’s Magic was so astonishing that she had many questions, but she was at a loss for words.

‘Someday, I’ll be like Master…!’

Sharin thought that if she traveled with Khan and learned Magic from him, she might one day become a strong and overwhelming Mage like him.

And a moment later.

“It’s breaking.”

Khan had been silently staring at the Mana Wall, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the cracks on the Mana Wall grew even larger.

Crrraaaack―――

Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!

The massive Mana Wall, which had been barely holding on, finally shattered against the Dragon’s Breath that Khan had fired.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!”

“Keuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!”

Despite the considerable distance, their screams could be heard.

However, even those cries soon evaporated completely.

Their bodies had melted away and vanished, struck directly by the Dragon’s Breath Khan had unleashed.

“Wow… That was truly amazing, Master…!”

“It’s all thanks to you, Sharin. If you hadn’t used Stealth Magic, they would have attacked us first.”

“You don’t have to force yourself to praise me like that, Master. Even if that had happened, you would have defeated them somehow.”

Khan wanted to deny Sharin’s words, but he kept his mouth shut to maintain his dignity as a Master.

‘If it had gone as Sharin said… if we were unlucky, we would have been annihilated here.’

His worst-case scenario was to have Sharin create a Mana Wall around him, then use a Cooldown reset Scroll to use ‘Dragon’s Breath’ one more time.

‘It’s good that I could save the Scroll too.’

And besides Eddy’s Supreme Reset Scroll, Khan had four other Scrolls.

‘I’ll be able to use the other Scrolls very effectively later when I raise my Level.’

The Scrolls Khan possessed had high Level Restrictions, but each one was ridiculously powerful.

If used well, he could even take down a Dungeon’s boss-level Monster in one go and gain a massive amount of Experience Points.

Once he surpassed Level 100, he wouldn’t be able to get Skill selection tickets as often as he did now.

From Level 100 onwards, he could barely get one Skill selection ticket every 50 Levels, not every 10.

Khan, lost in thought for a moment, soon looked at the smoke-covered sky in the distance.

Smoke was still billowing from the spot where ‘Dragon’s Breath’ had exploded.

‘The presence of people… I can’t feel any.’

Khan expanded his Sensory Perception as much as he could with his remaining Mana to check for any survivors, but he couldn’t feel any signs of life.

‘But why… isn’t the Quest completion message appearing?’

He definitely couldn’t feel any signs of life.

So why on earth wasn’t the Quest being completed?

If so, there was only one answer.

‘They’re still alive.’

Thump…! Thump…!

The moment he realized that, Khan’s heart began to beat rapidly.