Fled Without Realizing I Had Prevented the Apocalypse

Why is the Heavenly Thunder called the nightmare of the North?
Many superhumans thought it was because of the achievements he had accomplished.
The being who first instilled the emotion of fear in the warriors of the North who knew no fear and charged forward.
A hero who stood alone in a position that absolutely must not be pushed back, and blocked ten thousand of the Khan’s army.
Add to that the reputation of a transcendent who became lightning itself and ended the war.
All these results allow us to understand why the Heavenly Thunder is called the nightmare of the North.
However, for at least one person.
For Elaine Forest, the owner of Winter Forest, the Heavenly Thunder was the nightmare of the North in a different sense.
The reason was simple.
Because there wasn’t a single day without commotion whenever he stayed in the North, or more precisely, in Winter Forest.
For example…
“Like that.”
Elaine’s eyes, which had already died, looked forward.
Kwagwagwang-!
A huge explosion erupts on the hastily constructed training ground outside the walls of Winter Forest.
Magic unleashed with full power by a 6th rank magician. The Heavenly Thunder intercepted it in mid-air, spreading smoke from the explosion all around.
In the black smoke that covered the entire training ground like that, a 5th rank fist master and spear master approached to attack the Heavenly Thunder, but.
“Clumsy.”
Pajik.
Just before their fist and spear were about to strike the Heavenly Thunder’s body, suddenly erupting lightning blocked all attacks.
Unlike the blue lightning that usually strikes down, the snow-white lightning flashing didn’t even allow approach, as if saying no one could come near the Heavenly Thunder.
As the two superhumans were repelled with their approach blocked like that, the Heavenly Thunder’s magic had already finished chanting and.
Kwaang!!
“Uwaaargh!”
“Kuhek!!!”
Once their attacks, unleashed with all their sincerity, had been rendered futile, the two superhumans had no means to block the Heavenly Thunder’s attack.
The Heavenly Thunder lifted the superhumans who lost consciousness after being struck by lightning with telekinesis, as if it were nothing, and threw them onto the pile of other superhumans lying far away.
Watching the scene where the number of superhumans who had fainted and been thrown away easily exceeded double digits, Elaine pressed her forehead.
“These crazy battle maniacs…”
The reason why the Heavenly Thunder was called the nightmare of the North for Elaine was simple.
Because the superhumans of Winter Forest, having heard of his reputation, went crazy and randomly requested duels.
Moreover, most transcendents with such reputation don’t care at all about such trivial duels, which made the superhumans even more obsessed with dueling the Heavenly Thunder.
Because a rumor spread throughout the North that the Heavenly Thunder would at least have one duel even with superhumans, unlike others.
‘There’s no problem since he completely swept away the vanguard, but…’
Of course, no matter how much of a battle maniac they are, and even if the Heavenly Thunder is a crazy magician, they maintain a minimum line.
Things like requesting a duel with the Heavenly Thunder or accepting fights in situations where enemies are invading don’t happen.
They request duels only when they’ve confirmed it’s safe.
And from the moment the Heavenly Thunder completely swept away the vanguard that was sent out to threaten the castle just before, the superhumans would have realized that their time had been given.
“Is this all?”

Of course, that didn’t mean they could defeat the Heavenly Thunder.
The sight of him not moving a single step, let alone being unscathed, while sweeping away dozens of superhumans, reminds one of a wall standing in that place.
The wall, so high and thick that even its height and thickness couldn’t be grasped, glanced at the superhumans who had fallen without surpassing him and turned his head.
“I asked if this is all.”
“…Haah.”

At the Heavenly Thunder’s question, Elaine let out a deep sigh.
The Heavenly Thunder asking with his eyes if she herself wouldn’t come out.
Having received such a gaze, there was no way not to step forward.
Tuk tuk tuk.
Elaine, who had been sitting in an open space slightly away from the training ground, slowly steps forward.
While staying in Winter Forest, it’s a naturally observed rule to go about daily life armed.
That rule doesn’t change even for the castle lord.

No, rather, as the castle lord who should set an example for everyone, she had to observe the rules even more.
Therefore, it didn’t take much time for Elaine to finish preparing for the duel and step onto the training ground.
“Oh, it’s the Castle Lord.”
“I didn’t expect her to personally step forward for a duel.”
Seeing her personally step forward for the duel, the superhumans began to gather and whisper among themselves.
Elaine originally doesn’t like such occasions.
Having a duel in front of everyone was one of the things she absolutely didn’t want to do.
Moreover, if the opponent was none other than the Heavenly Thunder, Elaine wanted to avoid the duel even more.
However, she is also a superhuman.
Although she’s not as obsessed with battle as the superhumans who had fallen carelessly before, she’s in a position of being blocked by the wall before 7th rank as a 6th rank in her own right, so she desperately needed an opportunity to move forward.
And the transcendent in front of her eyes was a monster who had long since surpassed that wall.
Opportunities to fight with such a monster while preserving one’s life don’t come easily.

So, if she’s going to fight anyway, she should give it her all.
“Don’t go around talking about this elsewhere.”
Elaine, who sent a warning towards the superhumans sitting around watching her and the Heavenly Thunder, slowly pushed back the hood she was wearing on her head.
Then, gray ears that had been hidden inside the hood popped up with a twitch.
The animal ears made of soft fur seemed to be wary of everything in the world as they stood upright the moment they were freed from the hood.
A race born by evolving with the characteristics of animals and humans combined.
The world calls them beast-people.
And the current Forest Margrave was a beast-person, specifically of the Green Wolf tribe with special wolf lineage.
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‘It seems she intends to be serious.’
Elaine showing her full appearance, even taking off the hood that had been covering her ears with magic.
She usually always wears a hood that doesn’t show the ears pouring over her head when worn, which she personally requested from a craftsman due to her complex about those wolf ears.
Considering that she never takes off the hood except when bathing, sleeping, and when going to war as the lord of Winter Forest, one can tell how seriously she’s taking this duel now.
“…Just right.”
Elaine’s rank that immediately catches the eye now is 6th rank. Late stage of that, to be precise.
Like Arlea and Beatrice I saw before coming here, she’s in a state of being blocked by the wall placed before advancing to the next rank.
From a transcendent’s perspective, she’s still just a superhuman who hasn’t manifested her mental image, but.
At least among superhumans who haven’t reached transcendence, it meant she was strong enough to be counted on one hand.
And for me, who’s still not used to lightning-based magic as the Heavenly Thunder, she was also the most appropriate duel opponent.
“Here I come.”
After exchanging glances for a moment, Elaine moves first, taking a step.
Beast-people, especially the Green Wolf tribe who endlessly run through green prairies, adopt a speedy fighting style.
They possess superhuman speed using physical abilities far superior to ordinary humans, and gain power based on that speed.
Therefore, Elaine’s movement also started by circling around to distract my gaze.
Pat.

The sight of Elaine endlessly rotating at the edge of the temporarily drawn circular training ground.
While tracking her gradually increasing speed with my eyes, I let out a hollow laugh.
Is she planning to pierce through when I lose sight of her while spinning like that and looking for an opportunity?
Considering Elaine’s speed, it’s a strategy with sufficient chances of success.
Even setting aside whether I can keep up with her speed or not, it’s the most certain plan Elaine herself can choose without any risk.
However.
‘Has she forgotten that the space here is limited?’
Lightning-type unique magic.
[Wave Thunder]
In an instant, the lightning circling around creates ripples as if a stone had fallen on a calm water surface.
The wave of lightning spreading through the air as if winding covered the entire hastily constructed training ground.
“What will you do now?”
Waves grow stronger as they spread from the moment they’re created.
Like a small ripple turning into a huge tsunami.

Of course, the training ground isn’t big enough for the wave to reach the level of a tsunami, but it was at least not a level that Elaine could dodge relying on her speed.
She probably has two choices.
Either to strike back against the lightning or to let it flow past.
Either way, the fact that the turn of the battle is mine doesn’t change.
Whether she strikes back or lets my attack flow past, I just need to prepare for the next strike.

Woowoong.
Thinking this, I finished preparing to chant the next magic, but.
Jijik!
“Ughk…!”

I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide at the sight of Elaine charging forward while taking the wave of lightning.
Unlike ordinary beast-people, the current Forest Count is a being who relies more on reason than desire.
Therefore, she doesn’t do things like throwing her body in, overestimating her physical durability.
She probably judged that she could take it with her body the moment she saw the magic I unleashed, and charged forward while taking it with her body.
Seeing Elaine charging forward while sacrificing one arm to the lightning, I let out a hollow laugh.
“Huh.”
Rather than being surprised by her action, I laugh at my own naive mindset.
Of course, there’s no need to go that far in a duel, but this is the North.
That strategy of giving flesh to take bone is the one I’ve used the most, more than anyone else.
I realize anew how much my sense has dulled when I’m on the receiving end of the strategy I’ve been using.
“So I need to relearn it.”
The way of the Heavenly Thunder who threw away everything to win and survive.
Thinking this, I manipulate magic power towards Elaine running towards me.
The only vow I made to myself after first accepting duels with superhumans was one thing.
Not to move a single step from where I’m standing now.
However, although she’s become unable to use one arm, she has definitely approached my vicinity.
The lightning-based defensive technique that blocked 5th rank superhumans can’t block attacks made with her current speed, so I inevitably had to move my body.
“You’ve improved a lot.”
Therefore, with respect for Elaine who has grown enough to make me break my vow, I took one step back while wrapping magic power around me.
If the magic I’ve shown so far was ordinary lightning magic unleashed as the Heavenly Thunder, what I’m about to unleash now is, if I had to say, a technique with mental image imbued.
It would normally be difficult to unleash, but as she gave me realization, she should be given an equal reward, so.

The best lightning I can unleash at the current level without mental image manifestation gathers in my hand.
Lightning-type unique magic
[Partial Lightning Humanization]
A hand that has become lightning, not simply enveloped.

While controlling the lightning raging all around just by existing, I added one more magic at the same time.
[Manifestation: Sharp Lightning]
Lightning sharply transforming at the fingertips. I thrust it right in front of the approaching Elaine and.
Kwagwang-!
The next moment, the lightning thrust out while grazing Elaine’s cheek caused a huge explosion.