Chapter 47 - ENDING MAKER – EPISODE 47 (1/2)

Apparently, the series ended yesterday at 360 episodes, but the author said that they’ll continue to post extras/side stories for the series.

The point-of-view of this chapter was a bit confusing, so I italicized Farragut’s thoughts to make it more understandable. And I kind of made up Sisioth’s true name, from what little I could understand from the Hangul…

Jude Bayer.

The second son of Count Bayer.

He was the anguish of Count Bayer and was born into a famous family of warriors, but due to his chronic illness, he was unable to properly learn martial arts for the seventeen years of his life.

These were the facts that the Devil’s Hand knew about Jude, and there was nothing wrong about these facts.

That was why Farragut was unable to comprehend the current situation even more.

‘How?’

A gale rose just before his fist struck.

A gust of wind took Cordelia away.

A footwork skill.

A flurry that rose high and was by no means ordinary.

And Jude Bayer had used it.

He was the anguish of Count Bayer, the fiancé of Cordelia, and someone who was sick all the time and could not learn martial arts because of his chronic illness…yet he become a gale and was able to save her.

‘Did he hide his skills?’

Had he been hiding the fact that he could use martial arts?

For what reason?

What the hell would he gain from that?

Generally speaking, there was only one possible reason.

He had recently learned martial arts.

He began to train in martial arts after he became fit enough to travel.

‘It doesn’t make sense.’

If I think about it, it was a couple of months at best.

Are you saying that it is possible for a martial arts amateur to reach that level in just a couple of months?

At the time when Farragut had fallen into confusion, Jude and Cordelia looked at each other instead of the demonic human who had lost his senses.

It was impossible to properly see in the pitch-dark darkness, but nevertheless, the two could discern each other’s faces clearly.

“For now.”

“For now?”

“Close your eyes.”

At Jude’s words, Cordelia blinked her eyes.

She wondered what his words meant.

Normally, she would have understood it with her eyes, but it was so dark that understanding it was currently impossible.

‘N-no way?’

If she closed her eyes while she was hugging him…

‘That isn’t true, right? We’re in the middle of a fight, right? That’s just ridiculous, right?’

Cordelia’s face turned light red as she tackled that in her mind, and she tried hard to keep calm before closing her eyes.

And it was at that moment.

Pa! Pa! Pa!

Sharp high-pitched sounds rang one after another, and the darkness of the room disappeared at once. The light pouring down from the ceiling was so bright that they lost their sight for a moment.

“Ah! My eyes!”

However, it was only Farragut who yelled and groaned.

Cordelia had soon closed her eyes, and Jude was also prepared in advance because he had turned on the lights through the operation of a remote control.

“Aaaaaahh!”

Farragut shouted angrily and wildly swung his fist randomly.

Rather than an attack, it was a struggle to block Jude from approaching him.

Instead of rushing to such a Farragut, Jude corrected his position of carrying Cordelia in the so-called princess hug, as he carefully observed him.

And only then did Cordelia, who opened her eyes, said in a small voice.

“Put me down.”

“Not yet.”

He couldn’t because Cordelia was exhausted.

He had not yet figured out what Farragut could still afford to do.

And…

“You!”

At the same time he shouted, Farragut struck the ground and rushed like an angry bull.

He rushed in a straight line.

Cordelia instinctively crouched while Jude hugged her more tightly as he kicked the ground as well.

Twenty-Four Gale Steps.

The wind blew.

A tiny but powerful whirlwind rose at the same time, and Jude became like the wind.

Boom!

Farragut’s huge fist punched the innocent floor.

Jude carried Cordelia while he run from Farragut for a long time, stopping almost 10 meters away each time as he watched Farragut.

Widen their distance to each other.

Instead of moving efficiently by dodging enemy attacks with little movements, Jude maintained more than a certain distance from Farragut, even if it was somewhat wasteful.

There were two reasons.

One was to ensure the safety of Cordelia, and the other was…

“You little rat!”

Farragut lunged at him again. And Jude became a gale again.

And several attacks later…

Jude had evaded all of it. Or rather, the expression “ran away” was more appropriate.

He kept a considerable distance as if they played tag.

And at some point.

“I’ll put you down.”

Jude said to Cordelia, and she blinked her eyes. Cordelia was neatly curled up in Jude’s arms so as not to fall, and Jude added in a whisper.

“I think it’ll work now.”

Jude had observed him enough.

He had entered the pattern in his head.

Even Cordelia couldn’t immediately understand what Jude was talking about now. But still, she somehow felt relieved.

Because the current Jude was reliable.

She really thought that it would work if Jude had said so.

Before Cordelia could even answer, Jude carefully put her down on the floor.

Farragut saw them both.

He clenched his fist again and kicked the ground.

Cordelia looked at Jude.

Jude smiled at such Cordelia.

It was a reversal.

Jude turned around and used the Twenty-Four Gale Steps again.

But he didn’t run away this time. He headed straight for Farragut.

And Farragut’s attack came to naught.

“Ah?”

The attack of Farragut itself was perfect.

A straight punch loaded with superhuman strength.

A simple but very quick powerful attack.

But Jude diverted it.

With a little bit interference, he made the attack’s direction deviate as if he knew how the attack would stretch out.

And it continued.

Jude received all of Farragut’s attacks.

Not only did he evade and divert it, but he even stopped some of the attacks from even starting.

How did he do it?

It was a little different from Cordelia’s sense.

Cordelia instinctively sensed what kind of attack would come and immediately responded accordingly.

She used her intuition on Farragut.

Jude was different.

He didn’t rely on intuition like Cordelia.

‘He anticipated it.’

There were clear limitations on the movements that humans with limbs could perform.

Their individual habits also added to it.

So a pattern was inevitably created.

Moreover, Farragut was in a state of extreme exhaustion. Due to his injuries and fatigue, his attacks were simpler than usual.

Therefore, Jude could anticipate the next attack.

Farragut’s next movement was caught and blocked in advance, as if he had run a simulation beforehand.

It was something ridiculous.

It seemed plausible, but it was extremely difficult to implement it in reality.

But it was possible for Jude.

Due to his Cheonmujiche and the opening and understanding of the 2nd door in the Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors, he made it possible.

As a matter of fact, his excellent intelligence had gotten better.

His computational power greatly increased.

And Cordelia thought, while looking at such a Jude.

‘Cheonmujiche is too much of a cheat.’

If Jude had heard of her thoughts, he would have shouted that her intuition to reach a result at once without any calculations was a cheat itself. He would also have appealed that his current actions were a result of calculating all possibilities…or that’s what Cordelia had thought so.

And Farragut further burst into anger.

“Aaaahh!”

From Cordelia to Jude.

Who the hell are these bastards?

Why do these bastards with pretty and handsome faces even have battle talents that could pierce the sky?

Farragut could tell because he directly fought them.