The Vortex of Smiles
Scene 1 – [POV: Aroma]
A heavy silence gripped the air.
The battlefield lay in ruins—scorched black, the ground cracked like shattered glass, and the lingering heat of previous attacks still clung like a ghost.
And in the midst of it all stood Aroma… smiling.
But it wasn't joy.
It wasn't hope.
It was twisted.
It was unnerving.
Aroma faced a monstrous behemoth—the Demonic Jaguar, now fully transformed into its final form. A titan standing over 50 meters tall, exuding raw destruction.
Its "Eye of Destruction" had awakened, glowing like a black sun that devoured light itself.
Even a minor scratch it had inflicted earlier was enough to make the beast roar with cruel delight.
Aroma's smile widened.
Mocking. Fearless. Almost… thrilled.
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Scene 2 – [Arrival of Yo Suk]
Suddenly—space trembled.
A surge of spiritual energy swept over the land like a divine curtain.
A figure descended—elegant, commanding—Vice Guild Master Yo Suk.
Clad in a sleek black coat billowing in the wind, his eyes burned with steely purpose.
His voice, calm and absolute, cut through the battlefield like a blade:
> "Aroma… you have my permission. Show him why you're a Guild Master. Unleash everything. I'll keep the sky from falling."
He gently placed a hand on Aroma's shoulder. A glowing sigil—ancient and powerful—flared to life on Aroma's back: an Amplification Seal.
Demonic Jaguar (growling):
> "Who dares intervene now? Another lamb for the slaughter?"
Yo Suk (smirking):
> "No. I'm the wall between your nightmare… and his survival."
With a single movement, Yo Suk slammed his palm into the ground.
Energy surged outward like a shockwave, forming a 20-kilometer-wide golden dimensional barrier.
Translucent, divine, unbreakable.
A prison for monsters.
A coliseum for gods.
Then, without another word, Yo Suk vanished into the wind—
leaving behind a line that echoed across the battlefield:
> "I seal the world… so you can burn it, Aroma."
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Scene 3 – [Sim Hoyun Rescued]
Far behind the chaos, a portal shimmered open—
medics poured through.
Sim Hoyun, nearly crushed earlier, was found and stabilized.
Through the emergency gate of the dimensional shield, a quick field teleportation spell activated.
In a flash of blue light, Sim Hoyun vanished—
whisked away to the closest mage-run hospital camp.
But the real battle?
It had only just begun.
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Scene 4 – [Showdown Begins]
The Demonic Jaguar roared—
a deep, earth-shattering snarl that crumbled nearby stones into dust.
Its fury peaked.
From its mouth, swirling red and black flames gathered—
condensing into a dragon-shaped inferno.
> "Dragon of Destructive Fire!!" it howled, unleashing a serpentine storm of fire that screeched across the sky—
ready to incinerate everything in its path.
But Aroma?
He chuckled.
With a grin, he pulled the lollipop from his mouth.
Something shifted.
Water began to spiral around his body—
not just flowing, but bending reality itself.
He flicked the lollipop into the air and calmly declared:
> "Lollipop Water Vortex."
The world paused.
Hunters, guild warriors, citizens, even ancient beings lurking in distant realms—
all went still.
Then came the reactions.
> "What kind of name is that?!"
"Is he for real?!"
But the veterans—
they knew.
The sky darkened.
Clouds spun into a spiral—
and from above descended a massive column of ultra-compressed water, shimmering and vibrating with a force beyond comprehension.
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Scene 5 – [Global Audience Reactions]
Across the globe, all eyes were on the screens.
Tokyo:
> "This kid… he just turned a joke into an extinction-level weapon."
Berlin:
> "That's not just water. That's hyper-pressurized vapor. Can we even call it water anymore?"
Brazil:
> "He's manipulating vapor density… That's high-tier elemental science."
Hidden guilds in other dimensions whispered among themselves:
> "Who trained this brat?"
"Wasn't he a reject from the Sky Trials?"
Sector-11 – Hunter A (watching broadcast):
> "Did he just say lollipop vortex? Tell me this is a prank."
In a sealed realm of ancient hunters:
An old veteran chuckled.
> "He looks like a kid… but he carries an ocean inside."
Central Mage Guild – Commander:
> "Analysis complete. That water magic… it matches the Forbidden School of Ripple Spiral.
Impossible. That school was erased from history centuries ago!"
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Scene 6 – [Clash of Catastrophes]
The Dragon of Destructive Fire collided with the Lollipop Water Vortex.
The air cracked.
The fire serpent shrieked—
its body shredded by the spiraling water.
The resulting explosion of vaporized heat and pressure unleashed shockwaves that shattered the horizon.
Steam swallowed the battlefield.
A white fog rolled in.
Then—silence.
Ripples.
Aroma had vanished.
Not even the Jaguar could see him.
> "He's using the vapor as camouflage," whispered a watcher.
The Demonic Jaguar, now truly afraid, roared wildly.
Its eye pulsed and darted, scanning desperately for any movement.
But Aroma…
was already moving.
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Scene 7 – [Next Episode Tease]
Within the heavy mist,
a single sound rang out—
The snap of a lollipop stick.
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