Possessing Nothing Novel (쥐뿔도 없는 회귀)

Chapter 68 - Kin

"So that's it."

That was the end of it. Aine's right arm changed form again. The right arm that ignored the balance of the human body and became a muscular monster arm. Seeing the punch flying towards him, Sungmin hurriedly used the Shadowless Phantom.

The increase in his internal energy allowed him to move faster. The punch hit the ground and spat earth and rocks everywhere. Sungmin swung his spear towards the cloud of dust approaching him.

The dust cloud settled. Beyond that, Aine once again swung her tentacle arm towards Sungmin. Sungmin realized who Aine was. The words that he heard from Lloyd passed by in his mind. It was about the chimera girl that could change the form of her limbs.

There was no time to think. The girl's attacks were strange and without pattern. The tentacle that flew towards him was thicker than a whip, yet sharp like a blade. Sungmin exerted his internal energy into his spear and deflected Aine's tentacle.

No, he thought to do so. Along with the pain that almost ripped his hands, the spear spun in reverse in his hands. Aine's attacks were incomparably stronger to the punch of the ogre chimera.

'I can't... deflect it!'

Because he consumed the Greater and Lesser Restoration pills, he was able to hold. If it was before he had consumed those, the attack would have ripped his arm away from his body.

She couldn't be taken lightly just because she looked young on the outside. The opponent was a freak that drove the Gold Tower Lord Lloyd half to death. Sungmin barely gripped his hands and defended himself from Aine.

Meanwhile, Scarlett had finished her preparations for battle. Metallic symbols on the gloves on her hands mitted light. Scarlett licked her lips and reached out to empty air.

Every time she moved her fingers, characters were written midair. A yet-incomplete 'Spell Engraval' of the Lecir school was cast. Magic was cast through the red string of spells engraved into the air.

Just as Aine was about to attack Sungmin, she trembled, sensing the threat behind her back. The presence of Scarlett, whom she did had ignored, messed up her senses. A bird of fire created through a spell assaulted Aine's back.

"Uh...!"

Aine hurriedly turned around and extended her hand. The heart that moved Aine's body made her immune to most types of magic. This ability of hers was something that Prescan wanted his ultimate creation to have, and although incomplete, was capable enough to drive Lloyd almost to death.

However, the magic that Scarlett casted was fundamentally different to that of normal magic. Scarlett's Spell Engraval (呪文刻印) was a mixture of magic (魔法) and spellcraft (呪術), and was founded especially on Onmyoudou (陰陽道-Way of Yin and Yang) and Qimen Dunjia (奇門遁甲-A type of ancient Chinese divination) fields of spellcraft.

(T/N: I ain't translating that shit. There IS NO translation. Go to wikipedia)

Boom!

The firebird that clashed with Aine did not scatter but swallowed Aine's body whole. Aine's body flinched amidst ultra high-temperature flames. Aine did not know of pain, but still felt that the flames burning her body were uncomfortable.

Crunch.

Aine's body transformed inside the flames. If simple magic immunity didn't work, then she only needed to change her body so that it was inflammable. Her outer skin became ash and fell on the floor, and below that was an armor-like skin.

"Body transformation...? Polymorph? No, wait. It's not a dragon, right!"

Saying that, Scarlett waved her hand again. Due to her support, Sungmin was able to catch his breath, and calm down the tremor in his heart.