Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 49

Chilling clash
“Guess I’ll just…

K*ll you myself”

Hans’s voice cut through the tense atmosphere.

“What is the meaning of this?!!” screamed Logan, trying to make Hans back down and avoid a public confrontation before all the onlookers.

“Do you think you can do whatever you want now that you’re the association branch leader?!”

“You can’t attack a citizen as you want!!”

He screamed, trying to sway the onlookers into thinking that Hans was misusing his position.

However, Logan’s words were met with retaliation from another figure who stepped into the scene and contradicted his assertion.

“Yes, he can.”

With unmistakable blonde hair and blue eyes, the newcomer was none other than Kenta, the newly appointed security team leader of the association branch.

“Logan Harris, as the new security team leader of Chicago city, I condemn you to death for your unforgivable crimes,” Kenta declared loudly, intentionally making his words clear to everyone present to understand the situation and turn the public opinion on their side.

The chat of the livestream erupted like crazy over Kenta’s proclamation…

[Golden_layer: Can someone explain what’s happening? Please, I just got here.]

[ayax :3 : Did y’all hear what he said? It means Logan lost his position.]

[ahuagssjd: Hell yeah, that guy always looked so creepy.]

[Golden_layer: Who’s Logan?]

[Golden_layer: Who’s Logan?]

[Golden_layer: Who’s Logan?]

[‘Golden_layer’ has been muted for 15 seconds due to spamming]

[ayax :3 : Dude, have you been living under a rock?]

[ahuagssjd : He’s the security team leader of Chicago, well… ex-leader apparently]

[flower.pot : Yeah, even if the List ranks him as a B-Rank, he apprehended A-Rank criminals more than once.]

The List was a comprehensive file that ranked every awakened higher than C-Rank and also held some information about them.

Its site was accessible to anyone interested, fueling normal people to gossip and speculate about the rise in ranks of some awakened individuals.

After the catastrophe, more than other sports and competitions, awakened fights became one of the main attractions and as their protagonist, the awakened gained a lot of fame and popularity.

If someone was interested in them, it wouldn’t have been abnormal for people to remember all the names and the details about the high-ranking awakened individuals in their city, it was kind of like remembering everything about your favorite squad’s members.

As for Logan Harris, the List described him as follows:

[Name: Logan Harris

Position: Chicago Association branch security team leader.

Rank: B

Description: An awakened dedicating his life to combat criminal activity in his city. In combat, his rank might surpass his official classification.

Class: Curse user

Class rank: Unclassified

Presumed Class Rank: Rare]

However, Hans had already taken his time to analyze his opponent during the debate and knew precisely what Logan was capable of:

[Name: Logan Harris

Age: 52

Class: Cursebinder (RARE)

Lvl: 151

Strength: 188

Agility: 173

Endurance: 120

Wisdom: 72

Class Skills:

{Cursed Speech (Rare)

Effect: If the targeted individual’s wisdom exceeds 150, it will be reduced by 150.

If the target’s wisdom is 150 or lower, they’ll randomly lose three or more of their five senses. The effect will cease to affect the moment someone other than the target hits the caster, the moment the target dies, or when a dispel is cast upon the target.

{Cursed Weapon (Rare)

Effect: Every time the user’s melee weapon hits the opponent, the target will lose their wisdom proportionally to the damage received. Once the target’s wisdom reaches 1, they will start randomly losing other stats.

The effect stacks on as long as the user is the only one hitting the target.}

{Cursed Cage (Common)

Effect: Creates a cage within a ten-meter radius around the target and when someone in the cage gets hit with the user’s other skills, the curse’s effects will increase by 10%.}

Skills:

{Swordsmanship} (B-Rank)

{Cold Hearted ( E-Rank)

Effect: Suppresses most of the user’s emotions, especially pity and sadness.}

Description: A powerful individual who enjoys treasure and money. He is extremely attached to materialistic desires and has no place for joyous feelings.

Emotional state: Angry, anxious, irritated.

Evaluation: When fighting normally, mid B-Rank; when fighting alone, low A-Rank.]

It was an incredibly powerful class, unfortunately for Logan, however, it specialized in solo combat which employed slowly tiring down the opponent.

This means that against powerful monsters that always needed to be raided by many, all these powers would’ve been ineffective and utterly useless.

This class which revolved around fighting solo was also the reason why the security team had weakened and rotted, becoming weaker than the security teams in any other city.

It was a perfect skill to fight criminals who needed to be restrained at the same time it was useful against both mages and warriors.

And now, it was Hans’s turn to face it.

“Aren’t you a little bit too shameless?! Confronting me together!” Logan sneered.

“Even when facing scums, I have always faced them alone! To let them die in honor!”

Logan tried to use his words to either make them face him individually or to turn public opinion against them.

“You are misunderstanding something, old man. The thing is, I am not here to fight you, I have only come under the order of the leader to condemn you. The rest is up to him,” announced the blonde man before stepping back onto land amidst the many spectators and observing the two.

‘Now, Hans, let’s see how good you are. Last time, I arrived late in the building and couldn’t manage to assess your power. This time, though, I’ll be sure to see it all.’

And it wasn’t just him who felt this way. Benjamin and Sophia also came to watch the fight, making the situation even more interesting.

Once again, all the eyes in the city were on Hans. The situation quickly made its way onto the live TV, and people started calling their friends to tell them to tune in.

Among all the awakened spectators on the streets, roofs, and street lamps, Garrison was standing atop the highest skyscraper in the city, observing the situation.

He retrieved a small device from his left pocket and launched it forward.

Soon, a blue mana shield covered the area where the two men were fighting.

It was a relatively weak barrier to prevent the residents from getting caught up in the fight. If any of the two wanted to get out, they could do so with a single attack.

“Hey kid, tell me, do you really think… you can take me on alone!!!” Logan taunted, his vicious black aura spreading all over the place, making the water that wasn’t frozen waver as he unsheathed the black sword that hung on his waist.

“If so… then come!!” he challenged, spreading his arms and holding the weapon in his right hand, leaving his chest wide open.

{Cursed Cage}

Instead of closing the distance, Hans directly started his attack with magic spells.

Since Hans’s name wasn’t on the List, people had no idea how strong he truly was; only the unreliable rumors circulated about him.

{Fire Veil}

Hans spread out a thin layer of fire mana, which, however, didn’t touch the ice, maintaining the cold winter temperature that gradually melted it.

{Greater Fireball}

{Greater Fireball}

{Greater Fireball}

To test his opponent, Hans began casting low-ranked spells and launching them against Logan. However, they were easily cut down by Logan’s sword as he dashed forward, trying to close the distance with the mage.

Unfazed, Hans continued casting fire spells, this time altering them slightly, hurling various {Fire Burst} and also a {Fire Javelin} at Logan, who barely managed to evade them.

The impact of the attack was strong enough to result in the formation of a huge crack in the barrier, surprising Garrison.

Nonetheless, Logan continued slashing and avoiding them.

The spells that bypassed Logan exploded a few seconds later, cracking and destroying the icy river surface or encountering the almost broken barrier and weakening it even further.

When the distance between them closed enough and Hans entered the range of Logan’s skill {Cursed Cage}, the man immediately seized the opportunity and used his {Cursed Speech} shouting, attacking Hans from the side with his sharp sword.

Hans opted to take the curse head-on, knowing that constantly struggling to maintain distance from Logan would only handicap him since he hadn’t mastered any movement or flying spells.

For someone like Hans, who possessed incredibly high wisdom, taking the curse head-on wasn’t as detrimental as it would be for others.

Although his wisdom decreased by 165, it didn’t affect him much as it remained well over a thousand.

‘Don’t go around boasting so much about your power in your next life, kid,” Logan thought as his sword swiftly approached Hans’s throat.

Witnessing this, both Garrison and KENTA prepared to intervene, concerned that Hans had underestimated his opponent.

However, a chilly aura once again enveloped Hans’s body, and a thick frozen armor resembling a dragon’s claw encased his arm, shielding him from the attack and blocking the blade.

The shockwave from the clash slightly cracked the ice beneath Hans’s feet but didn’t even do as much to scratch his clothes, let alone his neck.

Hans’ cold eyes bore right into Harris’s soul, and a cold heartless voice that almost didn’t seem to belong to Hans, emanated from his throat, “It is me who should be asking…

is this all you’ve got?”