Future Knight

Chapter 23

“Roooaaaaarrrr!”

When the massive wyvern let out a furious roar, all the surrounding wyverns trembled in fear.

It seemed that the enraged wyvern was the leader of this group.

“What the heck! You just made it even angrier!”

“Damn it! Is it still not ready for actual combat?”

While Kang Chan was frustrated with his own inadequacy, the furious wyvern spread its giant wings and slowly began to take flight.

Then, it darted straight towards Kang Chan and Jaina.

“Eeeeeek!”

Startled by the imposing sight of the massive wyvern flying at them with a roar, Jaina fled into the forest, terrified.

“Jaina, not there! It’s dangerous!”

Ignoring Kang Chan, the wyvern charged at the fleeing Jaina.

– Combat Mode, Level 5, activated.

– Suit power at maximum.

Kang Chan pushed his combat mode and suit power to the limit and sent all the mana in his body to his legs. His movements became so fast that he was nearly invisible.

“Hiyah!”

With a shout, Kang Chan leaped, soaring instantly above the wyvern’s head.

It was an incredible leap.

Kang Chan thrust the high-frequency blade, imbued with his aura, into the wyvern’s head with all his might.

The wyvern’s head was shattered, and without even a final roar, it died and began to plummet to the ground.

Using the wyvern’s head as a springboard, Kang Chan jumped and landed a good distance away.

Thud!

With a loud crash, the wyvern fell to the ground, and the proud orc rider on top was crushed beneath its massive body, becoming an unrecognizable pulp.

Jaina ran to the staggering Kang Chan.

“Sir! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Fortunately, Kang Chan was unharmed, and Jaina let out a sigh of relief.

“Sniff, sniff. I’m sorry, sir. It’s my fault for wanting to see it up close…”

Seeing Jaina’s knees scraped from her fall, Kang Chan felt a pang of sorrow.

“Jaina, don’t cry. You fell, didn’t you? Come here, I’ll heal you.”

“No, it’s okay. I can put some potion on it when we get home.”

“Hold still.”

Despite Jaina’s protests, Kang Chan placed his hand on her knee. Medical micro-machines were injected from his hand into her wound.

Jaina felt a tickling sensation from the micro-machines and flinched, but as the pain from her wound gradually subsided, she opened her eyes wide in surprise.

When Kang Chan removed his hand, Jaina’s wound was completely healed, leaving only a faint red mark.

“How, how did you do that? Is it magic?”

“No, it’s something less amazing than that.”

“Wow, sir, you had such a skill?”

“Don’t tease me. I’ll give you a piggyback ride home.”

“Really?”

“Just this once.”

“Okay.”

As Kang Chan and Jaina nonchalantly conversed after killing the wyvern, someone watched them with a look of disbelief. It was Urkanta, the owner of the dead wyvern.

The wyvern lying dead before him with its tongue hanging out was undoubtedly his most cherished wyvern, no matter how many times he looked at it.

“……”

A thick aura of murderous intent emanated from Urkanta’s body, piercing the sky. As Urkanta slowly drew his beloved Hurricane Blade, a massive wave of mana radiated toward Kang Chan.

Startled, Kang Chan hugged the crying Jaina tightly and leaped away from the spot.

An enormous gust of wind swept through where they had just been, creating a massive crater several meters long.

The power was incomparable to the wyvern’s tail attack earlier.

“Gasp! Such a powerful Wind Blade!”

Barely avoiding Urkanta’s attack, Kang Chan turned his gaze toward their assailant. Through the dense dust kicked up by the Wind Blade, he saw a towering green-skinned giant, about two meters tall, holding a huge blade and glaring at them with ferocious eyes.

An overwhelming aura of murderous intent was pouring from his entire body.

“Grrr! How dare you kill my most treasured wyvern! Screech! You wretch, don’t expect to live any longer!”

His voice, befitting his enormous stature, was so powerful that birds around him took flight in fright, resembling the roar of a wild beast.

“He’s an incredible master! To imbue mana into his voice and shout like that, where did such a monster appear from? Whoa!”

While these thoughts raced through his mind, Kang Chan screamed instinctively upon seeing the green giant charging at him with tremendous speed.

He couldn’t believe how such a massive figure could move so quickly, and in an instant, the giant was upon him. Kang Chan was shocked and began to flee at his top speed.

“Creak! Where do you think you’re running!”

Feeling the powerful mana storm closing in from behind, Kang Chan grabbed a tree branch and used its rebound to twist his body sharply, barely escaping the range of the mana storm.

From that moment, he ran without looking back.

Urkanta, who had created an open space several meters wide in the forest, gripped his Hurricane Blade tightly and resumed his pursuit.

“You wretched little squirrel! Grrr! I’ll catch you and chew you to bits!”

Urkanta’s roar echoed loudly through the forest once more.

* * *

“Elradian, sir, it’s an emergency!”

“What’s the matter?”

“The human from another world and Jaina are being attacked by Urkanta.”

“What! Is that true? For what reason is he attacking the children?”

Worried about his disciples after receiving the sudden urgent news, Elradian sprang to his feet.

“It seems they killed Urkanta’s wyvern. Because of that, the western forest next to the clearing is being ravaged by an enraged Urkanta.”

Elradian’s face turned pale.

“He’s destroying the forest?”

“Yes, Elradian, sir.”

“Lead the way quickly!”

With a sense of urgency, Elradian hurriedly ran toward the western forest.

“Yaaahhh!”

“Screeeech!”

Once again, dozens of trees were felled one after another by the Wind Blades emanating from Urkanta’s blade, crashing down toward Kang Chan and Jaina.

The power of the Wind Blades was truly unbelievable.

Fortunately, due to the vast area of destruction, the accuracy was poor, allowing Kang Chan and Jaina to barely survive.

However, no matter how far Kang Chan ran while carrying Jaina, he couldn’t shake off Urkanta, and his mouth dried up from exhaustion.

“Creeeak! Kid! Give up and face your punishment!”

“Damn it! Can’t we just pay for it?”

### Chapter 23 (continued)

“Crrrk! The only price is your life!”

“Ridiculous!”

As Urkanta leapt into the air and brought his Hurricane Blade down on Kang Chan, an even more terrifying energy, not a Wind Blade but an Aura Blade, unique to Sword Masters, surged toward Kang Chan and Jaina.

Kuaaaang!

“Gah!”

“Aaah!”

Though they barely avoided a direct hit by dodging, the confined space exploded with condensed energy. The impact was so intense it made their insides quiver, and Kang Chan and the Jaina he was holding were flung like puppets with cut strings, crashing into the ground.

“Crrrk, I didn’t want to use such an excessive skill on kids like you, but your evasive maneuvers are impressive enough to force my hand. Consider it an honor and die now! Shiiik!”

As Urkanta unleashed another powerful Aura Blade toward Kang Chan and Jaina, Kang Chan, with blood dripping from his mouth, sprang to his feet.

To protect the unconscious Jaina, Kang Chan transformed his high-frequency blade into a shield. Concentrating all his mana into the shield and pushing his combat mode and suit power to their limits, he confronted Urkanta’s Aura Blade.

Kuaaaaaang!

With a tremendous explosion, the colossal impact engulfed Kang Chan. The forest trembled under the earth-shaking force, and thick dust rose, making it hard to see.

As the dust slowly settled, Urkanta, who had been smiling wickedly, widened his eyes in shock.

“Crrk? No way! How?”

The damned human, who should have been torn to shreds, stood firm, having blocked his Aura Blade.

Urkanta’s eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at the young human who had withstood his sword, a feat expected only from those called Sword Masters among humans.

Kang Chan, having utilized all his strength and mana, barely managed to block Urkanta’s Aura Blade. However, the immense power of the Aura Blade had driven his legs into the ground up to his knees, and his condition didn’t look good.

“Puh! Cough! Cough!”

Blood gushed from Kang Chan’s mouth like a fountain. His shield, which had taken the brunt of the Aura Blade, was tattered, and blood flowed from his right arm.

Kang Chan, having recklessly blocked Urkanta’s mighty Aura Blade, suffered severe internal injuries and critical wounds. Collapsing to the ground and repeatedly coughing up blood, Kang Chan glared at Urkanta with murderous intent.

No matter how battered his body was, Kang Chan’s eyes never showed any sign of defeat.

‘Unbelievable. How can such power come from a physical body? Getting hit by a rail gun would be less damaging than this. Damn that monster!’

“Crrrk, you dare to block my Aura Blade. Crrrk, you look young but quite impressive. Crrrk.”

As Urkanta slowly approached, Kang Chan hurriedly pulled his legs from the ground and moved away from Jaina.

At this moment, Kang Chan had no strength left to protect Jaina from Urkanta. Thus, he had to divert Urkanta’s attention to himself at all costs.

“Hah, spit! That was nothing! Got anything else?”

“Shiiik! Fool! Your body’s a mess, yet you’re putting on a brave front!”

Fortunately, Urkanta fell for Kang Chan’s provocation.

Like he had found an amusing toy after a long time, Urkanta ignored the unconscious Jaina and headed straight for Kang Chan.

Thanks to that, Kang Chan could breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that the enemy’s attention was solely on him.

– Maximizing metabolism acceleration. Injecting medical micro-machines.

Thanks to the biochip’s functions and the help of the medical micro-machines embedded in his suit, Kang Chan, with his remarkable regenerative abilities, could recover significantly from his severe injuries in a short time.

‘There’s no choice. I have to use that power…’

Resolving to use his power, Kang Chan began accelerating his mana in Combat Mode Level 5.

As Kang Chan twisted his neck, a loud cracking sound echoed.

This audacious act further aggravated Urkanta.

“Grrr! Let’s see if you can keep your life after this next attack, Graaah!”

Urkanta’s Hurricane Blade, imbued with a red aura blade, sliced through the air, aiming to split Kang Chan’s head.

In response, an aura sword emerged from Kang Chan’s high-frequency blade.

A purple high-frequency aura sword combined with his high-frequency blade.

He dodged Urkanta’s attack with such incredible speed that it left an afterimage.

Urkanta couldn’t help but be astonished by Kang Chan’s movements.

“Crrk, no! How is this whelp moving at a Sword Master’s level all of a sudden? Shiiik!”

Though momentarily stunned, Urkanta managed to block Kang Chan’s fierce attacks, utilizing the broad surface of his massive Hurricane Blade to fend off Kang Chan’s sharp dagger with ease.

Each clash resounded with a tremendous roar.

Bang! Bang! Boom!

‘Kuh! What is this power? How can an aura sword be this powerful!’

Though the color was unusual, it was undoubtedly an aura sword emanating from the human’s blade.

It wasn’t a blazing aura blade like his own.

Yet, the power of the human’s aura sword was equally formidable.

“Grrk! Haaah!”

Once again, mana within Kang Chan’s body surged wildly, as if it were about to go out of control.