Everyone is Young Except for Me

Chapter 357

Translator: rainbowturtle

Editors: LD & Jyazen

Regardless of the concerns of my family, I was in a fierce battle with Balak as I aimed the wind at the figure in front of me.

“Kuhuhu. I told you to use flames, but you are coming at me with wind. Your spirit isn’t bad!”

No, I never said I would stick with the wind. I just attacked reflexively because he ran to kill me.

“Yes. Let’s see if you can put out my flames with that wind!”

The next moment, Balak’s counterattacks followed indiscriminately. Balak was a powerful talent who recently became a corps commander. The stabbing attacks containing blue flames around his sharp claws were truly dazzling.

“Really. You are a tricky guy!”

I reached out once more to grab the air. I grabbed the wall of wind and twisted it as if tearing it. The crack in front of me seemed to distort and then explode. Something sharp was fired along with a loud sound. It was similar to the whirlwind of the Storm Spear that Kerenos had used in the past. I had no spear right now so I could only fire it by hand.

Aiolos saw this and smiled while raising an eyebrow like it was interesting. [Hoh.]

There was a sharp sound that seemed to tear the air and the small whirlwind struck Balak. The black desert sand below was sucked up and a black whirlwind appeared.

“Uhahaha! Good. This is enough to give me a taste of fighting!”

Balak just laughed cheerfully and summoned a huge two-handed axe. He let out a fierce roar and slammed it down with all his might. The black whirlwind split in half and exploded. After the explosion, black dust was scattered.

“Uhaha. Attack more!”

It was Balal’s cruel laughter that was heard. There was a cool aura around him. Balak’s eyes shone and he charged at an incredible speed. I also moved using the path of the wind to widen the distance. I flew in the air using the Flying Kick Technique and dodged it. It happened as the exchange between Balak and I kept continuing...

Aiolos approached me while clicking his tongue. He had his arms crossed and shook his head with an arrogant expression.

[You are spending so long trying to beat him.]

“Damn. What do you want me to do?!”

Balak’s blue flames came from above and I quickly escaped. In an instant, the black sand where I was standing melted into blue lava.

[...Hah, I don’t know what happened, but you might be so weak now because my daughter ate the 500 year old Aiolia. As the child’s biological father, I should give some help.]

I quickly shouted at Aiolos who was following me, “I don’t know what you’re saying, but if you can help me, then do it soon!”

[It is simple advice. You are only attacking using the power of wind in your heart. In this way, there will be restrictions on the winds that can be collected.]

“So what?!”

[Where do you think the wind exists?]

“......?”

It felt like I was trying to catch a cloud?

[You don’t seem to understand. It is literally as I said. Where do you think the wind is? What is the definition of wind?]

I seriously pondered on his words.

“Where is wind? What is wind?”

I used the wind again and distanced myself from Balak. Aiolos opened his mouth again, [Is there something called wind and it blows, or is there something that blows and after that, we called it the wind? What one do you think is more like the wind?] I once again barely escaped Balak’s offensive and thought about it before finding an answer. “It is the latter!”

[Why?]

“Because what blows is called the wind! In the first place, the definition of wind exists and it doesn’t make sense to blow.”

[Right. So does the wind magic power blow or does it not blow?]

“...It doesn’t blow. Ah!”

Only then did I get some enlightenment. It was a very profound enlightenment.

[You have glimpsed the true essence of the wind.]

[You can feel the wind around you more sensitively.]

[You are on the verge of creating the wind as you think.]

Instead of running away, I closed my eyes and breathed deeply while feeling the remnants of the wind. I scattered the energy of the wind in my heart out of my body and slowly opened my eyes. Now I had no wind energy left in my body.

"Kuahaha! Have you given up? Good. I’ll break your soul to pieces!”

It happened as Balak’s axe was falling toward my head...

“T-This...!”

Balak was flustered. The axe he was lowering was thrown back by the wind. He didn’t know how powerful the force was, but the wrist that Balak used to hold the axe was burning with pain. His axe fell into the distance with a thump.

“Wind Flying Kick Technique.”

I slowly moved my feet. Once I stopped dancing in the wind with my strange footwork, dozens of wind awls that distorted the space gathered in a spiral and made a deafening sound as they shot toward Balak.

“Blade Wind, open.”

Dozens of sharp typhoons flew immediately. The ear-breaking sound continued several times and the wind that seemed to tear apart everything struck Balak. I was flying together with the wind.

* * *

“Huh, he has completed the Wind Flying Kick Technique that I couldn’t complete in my last years.”

Alexus watched Choi Chuntaek with folded arms and let out a sound of admiration. Yoo Seonyeong simply smiled and stared silently at Choi Chuntaek’s back. A small wind blew before them and Aiolos appeared. He was making a disbelieving expression.

[I only briefly informed him of the nature of the wind for when he meets my daughter later. I didn’t think he would gain enlightenment straight away.]

Aiolos glanced at Choi Chuntaek with a dumbfounded expression before smiling. Choi Chuntaek rushed toward Balak and released an indiscriminate offensive. The momentum he gave off was amazing for humans and the eyes of the three people shone slightly.

It was great considering his opponent was the commander of the second corps. The current situation was simply surprising considering Balak had the characteristic of becoming more powerful in the Underworld where he was born and raised.

[Chuntaek-ssi has always been a person like the wind. Looking at him now reminds me of our youth. Back then, he was really powerful and cool...]

Suddenly, Yoo Seonyeong’s face turned red and she laughed. Alexus and Aiolos glanced at Yoo Seonyeong before making eye contact and shrugging.

“By the way, it seems this is enough for the Wind Flying Kick Technique. The Cloud Flying Kick Technique isn’t an attack related technique so there are no big difficulties. The problem is the remaining snow, rain, thunder, stars, and moon... He said the power he lost recently is the snow so it would be better to practice the Snow Flying Kick Technique immediately. However, I don’t know how to teach this. How is it possible unless there is an expert...?”

Just then, Aiolos interrupted Alexus’ words.

[Experts? I don’t know about the stars and moon but there are experts in the snow, rain and thunder here?]

“Here? No, there are such people in the Underworld?”

[Oh, you’ve only been on the Sea of Time for a few months so you wouldn’t know. Just wait. I’ll bring them.]

Aiolos waved his hand and disappeared like the wind. Alexus and Yoo Seonyeong made eye contact with each other. Then they shrugged and turned to Choi Chuntaek and Balak again. The fight was reaching its climax and was about to end.

* * *

After a long fight with Balak, I was finally able to take him down. Surprisingly, Balak showed a thrilled expression that had no regrets. It could be inferred that he was a person who really enjoyed fighting.

“Huhu, it was a good fight. I, Balak, commander of the second army corps, will acknowledge you...”

The fallen Balak finally turned into black smoke and disappeared. I felt like I would smell the fullness of the wind if I closed my eyes. It was an ecstatic feeling.

[You have been acknowledged by ‘Balak,’ the command of the second corps of the Army of Death who leads the Underworld.]

[Goddess Quest – Recognition of the Army of Death (2) has been completed.]

[Please prepare for the linked quest that will occur immediately.]

Dammit. How many linked quests were there? No, rather than that, how long was I going to suffer like this?

“......”

I started to feel uneasy. “Honey?”

[Yes~ I am listening~]

“How many quests are there?”

[There are four armies. You’ve defeated two people so there are two guests left.]

“...R-Really?”

I was going crazy because I had to go through two more crises where I might die.

[Alexus saw that next, there will be training related to the Snow Flying Kick Technique. Aiolos disappeared to bring the teacher who will teach you. He will arrive in a little bit.]

“......”

I decided to wait silently. Not long after, I saw the experts flying in the distance. They were with Aiolos and their eyes flashed in surprise when they saw Solar Phoenix next to me.

[Ignur...?]

[You were alive.]

[That isn’t Ignur. Look carefully.]

The two people who appeared along with Aiolos’ rebuke looked me up and down with curious eyes.

[Hoh, it is really true.]

[However, I faintly feel Ignur’s energy. Has he transformed into a new being? Interesting.]

The ones next to Aiolos were the tundra dragon and blue sky dragon, both who had transformed into their human forms. The tundra dragon was a handsome young man with blue hair, while the blue sky dragon had white hair and a beard, similar to a daoist immortal.

It wasn’t surprising that the blue sky dragon had already died. It was something I had guessed once the taboo was broken. However, I had no idea Aiolos would bring them over as teachers.

[Now I will start the class straight away. Freeze and then die.]

[I’m here to teach you about the rain and thunderbolts. First, get wet in the rain and then be hit by thunderbolts? It is perfect if you have stiff shoulders. Hohoho!]

Shit. How were they teachers? Based on these intimidating words, they were more like the old bosses of a mafia organization.