Future Knight

Chapter 137

**BOOM!**

A tremendous impact engulfed the surrounding Dark Elves, pushing their massive Gigantes, weighing tens of tons, backward helplessly.

Amid the immense cloud of dust that erupted, Kang Chan extended his hands over the enormous crater, which looked as if a meteor had crashed. The two Gigantes that were plummeting gradually slowed their descent and settled onto the ground.

『Master! Are you alright?』

Kang Chan urgently checked on his Master’s well-being.

『I am fine, my disciple…….』

『Master!』

Kang Chan was overjoyed to hear the faint voice of his Master coming from the Elven Knight, whose lower body had nearly melted away. His eyes filled with tears, turning red.

But his joy was short-lived.

With eyes full of fury, Kang Chan glared at the enemies before him—those who forced him to use a safety mode that risked his life.

He could not guarantee another miracle would save him this time.

However, Kang Chan had no regrets.

He would rather die than watch someone precious to him perish.

『Not a single one of you will leave here alive.』

His voice was quiet, seemingly devoid of emotion, yet the anger and murderous intent in his words were so intense they could kill.

Even Keremion, pressured by Kang Chan’s overwhelming presence, felt an inexplicable unease. But having revealed their final cards, they had no choice but to see it through to the end.

『Ugh! You too…… today, let’s end this once and for all! Attack!』

The Dark Elves, disarrayed by Kang Chan’s attack, hurriedly prepared for battle.

But that was all they could do. Aura Blades shot from Kang Chan’s hands, extending over 20 meters, wildly sweeping the ground.

No matter how large their Aura Swords were, they couldn’t withstand Kang Chan’s attacks.

In the blink of an eye, five enemy Gigantes were shattered and fell apart.

『…….』

For the first time, the Dark Elves, who knew no fear, reacted to the death of their comrades.

But they weren’t the only ones shocked.

『What was that? Did I just see a hallucination?』

Watching from the sky, the Duke of Sachsen was even more astonished than the Dark Elves.

Even seeing it with his own eyes, he found it hard to believe Kang Chan’s massive Aura Blades, reaching tens of meters, were real.

It had to be a dream.

But Kang Chan began sweeping the ground again, as if to prove it wasn’t a dream.

And he did it effortlessly.

The enemies, powerful enough to force them to evacuate to the air, seemed incapable of any resistance against Kang Chan’s Aura Blades.

In a fleeting moment, the Duke of Sachsen saw only one enemy Gigantes remaining.

The rest were scattered as piles of scrap metal.

『How, how is this possible…….』

Keremion asked Kang Chan, unable to comprehend.

『I wanted to remain friends with you, what has driven you to this…….』

『Shut up! Do you think I would have become friends with a mere human even if we could go back?』

『It doesn’t matter if you don’t consider me a friend. This is all I can offer you…….』

In an instant, Kang Chan’s body vanished, and a fierce storm swept over Keremion.

Keremion’s Gigantes began to split in two.

『Impossible…….』

Since he was destined to die anyway, the best Kang Chan could offer was a peaceful death.

『If we meet again in hell, let’s be friends then.』

**BOOM……**

With Kang Chan’s final words, Keremion’s Gigantes split in two and collapsed.

It marked the end of their ill-fated relationship.

The Duke of Sachsen, who had watched the entire scene, found it hard to believe what he had just witnessed.

Kang Chan’s swordsmanship was on a different level from anything he had ever seen or heard of.

Calling him a Sword Master seemed inadequate.

However, his bewilderment was short-lived, as he sensed a massive surge of mana behind him.

The Phoenix was once again breathing its fire towards them.

A sudden attack while he was distracted.

He had no time to dodge and had to take the Phoenix’s breath full on.

The pillar of fire, powerful enough to burn the entire world, exploded.

『No!』

In an instant, the breath engulfed the Duke of Sachsen, and it was clear his Gigantes would melt away in no time.

But such a scene did not unfold.

Kang Chan, who had flown to his side, sliced through the Phoenix’s powerful breath with his massive Aura Blade.

**CRASH!**

『Ka, Kang Chan-nim?』

The Duke of Sachsen, who thought he was doomed, was saved thanks to Kang Chan. His face was filled with deep emotion.

In contrast, the Phoenix, whose attack was thwarted, looked at Kang Chan in disbelief.

“How, how could my breath be cut by a mere sword!”

The Phoenix was in utter shock at seeing its breath split so easily.

However, Kang Chan’s next attack gave the Phoenix no time to think.

Kang Chan’s massive Aura Blade cut through the breath and instantly split the Phoenix’s head in half.

Then followed the relentless butchery.

“Craaaagh!”

The 20-meter Aura Blade slashed and sliced through the Phoenix’s every joint.

The pain was something the Spirit King had never experienced before.

The Spirit King, a being without a physical form, was impervious to physical attacks.

But the Aura Blade was different.

The Aura Blade was a concentrated form of mana capable of inflicting significant damage on the Spirit King.

For the Spirit King to be butchered by an Aura Blade was unprecedented since the birth of this world.

In extreme agony, the Phoenix soon lost consciousness and was forcibly sent back to the spirit realm.

The Fire Spirit King Phoenix’s demise was absurdly anticlimactic.

『Huh…….』

The Duke of Sachsen was almost in a state of stupor.

He was bewildered, not knowing how to comprehend the sight before him.

An ordinary human had dismantled the Spirit King Phoenix, an equal of the dragons, as if it were nothing.

‘What on earth is this? How am I supposed to explain this? Could this be the divine power of a human?’

Only one word echoed in his mind.

‘Could it be? So, Sword Emperor…….’

There was no other explanation.

While the Duke of Sachsen was repeatedly muttering those words in a daze, Kang Chan approached him and spoke.

『Please take care of Master and Urkanta.』

The Duke of Sachsen instinctively responded with the utmost respect.

『Yes, yes! Understood!』

With the Phoenix gone to the spirit realm, Kang Chan’s next target of fury was the Earthlings attacking Zikyon and Rekracion.

『I will never forgive them.』

Sylphis, who was riding behind Kang Chan, could not make sense of anything.

Even as a dragon, she couldn’t understand what was happening or how the situation was unfolding.

All she knew was that as soon as the human in front of her shouted to release something, an immense vortex of mana spread from him to the Gigantes.

It was undoubtedly a tremendous power, comparable to that of a Wyrm-grade dragon.

It was an overwhelming power for a mere human.

Moreover, the mana power manifested through this human was different from that of magicians’ magic in its potency.

The concentrated destructive power in one spot.

It could unleash hundreds of times more power than magic with less mana.

That power surely surpassed 9th-circle magic.

Even 9th-circle magic couldn’t forcefully send the Phoenix back in one go.

There was something about Kang Chan’s power that even Sylphis, a dragon, couldn’t explain.

To Sylphis, Kang Chan no longer appeared human.

He was not the weak human she had known.

‘Now I understand why Zikyon-nim is friends with him…….’

Sylphis nodded, realizing why Zikyon had an unpretentious friendship with Kang Chan.

She, too, felt a growing desire to become closer to Kang Chan.

However, contrary to Sylphis’s wish, Kang Chan was dying.

“Cough! Cough! Ugh!”

When Kang Chan vomited a large amount of blood onto the cockpit floor, Sylphis, startled and worried, asked in a concerned tone.

“What’s happening? Are you alright?”

“Hmm…… I, I’m fine.”

Despite his words, Kang Chan did not look fine.

His face was as pale as a corpse, and veins bulged grotesquely all over his body.

It was as if she were looking at someone else.

“You don’t look fine at all… Let me cast a healing spell on you.”

At Sylphis’s worried words, Kang Chan replied calmly.

“No, don’t worry about me. Just hold on tight. It’s going to shake a lot when we fight those things.”

With a determined voice, Kang Chan finished speaking and charged towards the enemies attacking the dragons.

The speed of the Red Rabbit was on a completely different level from other Sword Masters’ Gigantes.

It was because the amount of mana he could use was on a different level.

“Kang Chan…”

Sylphis, seeing Kang Chan anxious for the first time, couldn’t understand why he was so nervous, given his usual confidence and arrogance.

Just in case, she inscribed a small magic circle behind Kang Chan’s seat.

It was a magic circle engraved with a top-tier healing rune.

It was a small gesture she could do for Kang Chan.

Neither Sylphis nor Kang Chan knew that this would save his life.

Kang Chan’s deteriorating cells began to gradually recover with the healing touch from the outside.

If it were an ordinary healing spell, it wouldn’t have been able to stop the cellular breakdown.

But Sylphis’s healing magic was the dragon’s magic, said to even revive the dead.

There was no reason she couldn’t save Kang Chan, who wasn’t dead yet.

As Sylphis’s powerful healing magic outpaced the cellular breakdown, Kang Chan’s body started to revive.

The rapidly aging face of Kang Chan regained vitality.

But Kang Chan himself was unaware of this fact.

Even as his body slowly healed, Kang Chan thought he was merely dying.

The only thing on his mind was to save Zikyon.

Unmanned combat aircraft, sensing something rapidly approaching, turned their noses and fired beams at Kang Chan.

Dozens of plasma beams engulfed the Red Rabbit that Kang Chan was riding.

To anyone, Kang Chan’s charge seemed reckless.

“No!”

Seeing Kang Chan flying toward them, Zikyon screamed.

It was obvious that he would be roasted by the ultra-high-temperature plasma beams that could melt battleship armor.

However, before the beams could reach, the Red Rabbit disappeared in mid-air and reappeared right beside them, evading the plasma beams that came at it again.

Soon, Kang Chan reappeared directly above the nearest unmanned combat aircraft.

『Hiyah!』

With a shout, Kang Chan swung his Aura Blade, easily cutting through the shield and slicing the unmanned combat aircraft in half.

**BOOM!**

The eight Zaids, watching their unmanned combat aircraft being shot down by a Gigantes, widened their eyes in astonishment.

They saw an enemy that easily cut in half a combat aircraft protected by high-output small energy shields, just like theirs.

Seeing the Gigantes they had dismissed as primitive mechs flying and performing spatial movement, something they couldn’t do, they realized its extraordinary performance.

『What is that?』

『I’ve never heard of a Gigantes with such capabilities existing.』

『By the way, doesn’t that Gigantes look familiar?』

Despite the many changes to its limbs and exterior, the Red Rabbit could not completely abandon its original Zaid appearance.

The enemies couldn’t fail to recognize the Red Rabbit’s exterior.

Knowledge of enemy weapons, forms, and specifications is valuable information for their survival.

『Something’s fishy… Computer, scan that Gigantes precisely.』

-Understood. Scanning the enemy Gigantes precisely. Estimated time: 5 seconds.

Everyone watched Kang Chan’s Red Rabbit intently as it engaged in fierce combat with the unmanned combat aircraft until the enemy’s identity was revealed.

Soon, the computer unveiled the identity of the Red Rabbit.