Episode 818
“Wook….”
The crane exhaled thickly and climbed up Bukmangsan Mountain, stained in darkness.
His eyes were shaking violently, as if he had fallen into a sea of anxiety.
“Where is it?”
Crane pursed his lips and rolled his eyes to both sides.
“I’m sure they’re watching…”
He was swallowing dry saliva and trying to hide behind a large zelkova tree.
Piaaaaa!
A blue blade protruded from the shadow of the tree and flew in front of Crane’s neck.
“Hey!”
Although Crane was scared, he struck down the sword that rose from the shadows with the sword he was holding in his hand.
“Ouch!”
However, the force on the sword was so strong that it bounced back roughly like a stone kicked by a foot.
“Ugh…”
When Crane let out a painful groan and raised his gaze, Buren shook his head with a dry look.
“The direction was right, but the reaction was late. “Please focus a little more.”
Burren told me to come to my senses and disappeared into the darkness.
“Whoa….”
Crane stood up, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
‘It must be dangerous here.’
I slowly moved to the right, lifting my heels to avoid making any noise. As I was trying to hide behind a large rock that resembled a tiger, I heard fierce footsteps coming from the top of the mountain.
“Were you here?”
It’s Martha. She rushed at me like a fierce tiger with a cool smile that made me fall in love at first sight.
“Aaaah!”
Crane stabbed his sword with all his might into Martha, who was rushing towards her while screaming. It was a struggle to survive.
“late!”
Marta shouted that she could see everything and lightly struck away Crane’s sword strike.
Hahaha!
A strong shock wave exploded between the swords, and the crane was pushed to the right, kneeling.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
Crane’s hands were shaking as if he had not been able to resolve all the shock contained in Marta’s sword strike.
“Can we do more?”
Martha lowers her sword with an eerie smile on her face. A heavy slash, like a giant slashing a great sword, fell on Crane’s head.
‘Well, it’s the head, right? It’s not breasts, is it? If you get hit by that, you’ll die!’
Crane held back the tears that were about to come out and exploded the energy he had built up above his head, which Marta was aiming for.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
With a strong explosion, the crane was thrown backwards and fell to the ground.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc
me us us ther the person who was in shock was so shocked they could not even raise their head.
“If you are sure, you should stop it right away! “Why are you acting like this!”
Marta kicked him in the stomach for lack of concentration and disappeared back up the mountain, snorting.
“Ugh…”
Crane slowly got up, his arms shaking.
‘If you stay here, you’ll meet that beast again.’
My whole body felt weak, but I had to force myself to move. If you get hit by Martha again in this state, you won’t be able to wake up for a while.
“Hmm.”
The crane went down the mountain again, breathing as low as possible as if it had become a plant.
I was trying to get away from Burren and Marta, but strangely, I felt a chill rising into my bones.
“cold? “No way!”
As Crane swallowed dry saliva and tried to back away, a silver wind bloomed around him.
‘shit! I’m here!’
It’s obvious who it is. Runaan created a wind of frost that swirled around her.
‘Where is it?’
I felt a cool feeling in the silver storm, but I couldn’t tell its exact location. Sweat flowed from my hands due to tension.
‘I have no choice but to erase it before it comes!’
Unless you knew where to attack, the correct answer was to erase all of the opponent’s swords.
Cheeeeee!
Crane raised his Auror with all his might and poured out a saw blade-shaped force towards the frost surrounding him.
Quaaaaa!
The waves of strong energy spread like a spider’s web and erased the silver wind.
As I was trying to catch my breath, thinking that I was lucky, five rays of swords came out from the sinking frost.
Whoa whoa!
The crane was hit by Seolhwa’s sword and was pushed away, rolling on the frozen ground.
“Ugh…”
Crane let out a painful breath and raised his trembling head.
“….”
Runaan emerged from the frost and was looking at him with calm eyes.
“You must not let your guard down until the end. “Whether it’s blocking or dodging, think about how to reduce damage.”
Runaan tapped her head twice, as if she always had to think, and disappeared in a fog of frost.
“Ouch…”
Crane couldn’t stand up and just lay there.
“I’m really dying. “Why did I end up like this?”
Raon said that it was definitely a bit of a difficult training, but when I actually experienced it, it was not just a bit difficult, but it was so hard that I would die.
‘I strengthened the concentration training….’
The concentration training so far had been a surprise attack that could be reasonably prevented, and once the instructor met him, he did not touch him until he hid again.
However, in today’s training, there was a deadly attack that would inevitably kill me if I blocked it properly, and I couldn’t relax because not only Raon, Rimmer, and Dogae, but also the leaders who had become monsters were involved.
It was so hard that I didn’t feel sleepy at all even though it was well past dawn.
“Ugh!”
“Kwaaaaaak!”
“Now, wait a minute!”
The shock waves of swords clashing with swords and the screams of a thunderstorm were heard here and there.
It meant that not only he, but the entire Bukmangsan Mountain was being hit by a frenzy.
To be honest, it felt like one-sided violence rather than training.
“Damn it…”
Crane closed his eyes and straightened his back.
If I was like this and met another leader, Rimmer, or Raon, I felt like I would be beaten until I fainted, so I couldn’t stay still. Even though it was hard, I had to get up.
“Haa…”
Crane stood up, catching his breath, and someone appeared on the other side.
“Hi!”
“Huh!”
As I raised my sword in horror, a groan came from the other side as well.
As I narrowed my eyes to see who it was, the moon, hidden by clouds, peeked out and the other person’s face was revealed.
“Dorian?”
The swordsman in front of him is Dorian.
However, he must have been so excited that his clothes were tattered and his eyes were as black as a panda’s.
“Why are you here?”
Dorian is one of the people who dragged Gwangpungdae into this hell.
I couldn’t understand why the guy who lured me was swimming in this lava.
“Ugh….”
Dorian wiped away his tears with his torn sleeve.
“I only opened my eyes. He said his skills are the same so I can go in too….”
He sniffled, saying that Raon had forced him in.
“Everyone is hitting me harder because I can tell the direction of attack.”
Dorian collapsed on the spot, saying he was being beaten more severely than the other Gwangpungdae swordsmen.
“Huh…”
Crane let out a laugh as he looked at Dorian crying.
“Is our Daeju a real person…?”
Usually, consideration is given to whistleblowers or to Sejak who helps out behind enemy lines, but Raon also dragged Dorian, the number one contributor to this training, into hell. It was not human nature.
“scary. “I’m scared…”
Crane shook his head as if he was fed up with Raon’s cruelty.
“I wish I were stronger than that man…”
Dorian raised his curled fist toward the night sky.
“I must have hit my stomach every time I ate…”
He bit his lip, saying it was because he was weak.
“so do i.”
Crane sighed and nodded.
“If I were stronger than the Great Lord, I would just hit his head every time we made eye contact!”
He said he was disappointed and trembled with both hands.
“Will there ever come a day when we become stronger than the Great Lord?”
“Are you coming?”
Crane shook his head and told Dorian to wake up.
“Then why did you help that person!”
He frowned, feeling resentful toward Dorian for doing this.
“Did you know it would end up like this for me?”
Dorian jumped up and wrinkled the bridge of his nose.
“You can’t even see that person’s humanity with your mind’s eye!”
He shook his head, saying he couldn’t even read this with his eyes.
“Ah, all I can say is cursing…”
It was when Crane let out a well-worn sigh.
“Kwaaaaaaak!”
Someone screamed right next to me. I don’t know how he was hit, but it sounded like he was stabbed to death.
“….”
“….”
Crane and Dorian immediately closed their mouths and stood up silently.
The two nodded to each other and quietly disappeared into the forest.
“Aaaah!”
“Kyaaaaak!”
However, it wasn’t long before the two’s screams rang out in harmony.
* * *
“It sounds good.”
Raon lifted his fingertips, singing the screams of the Gwangpungdae swordsmen.
-To create this kind of hell and even put a wallet in it, it’s really…
Lars looked at Raon with trembling eyes as if he was facing an Elyos.
‘It’s true that I lack skills.’
Raon waved his hand lightly.
‘Dorian also needs to grow more.’
Dorian’s mind’s eyes opened, but there was no significant change in his powerlessness.
Since the potential for growth is endless, the right way would be to grow it without making fun of it, even if it is difficult.
-That’s true, but from a human perspective… No, I’m sorry. You are not human.
Lars shook his head, saying he had made a mistake.
‘It’s human…’
Raon swallowed his appetite and grabbed the Jecheon Sword with both hands.
-But why are you staying quiet? I thought you were going to walk around yourself?
Lars said he was surprised and blinked.
‘I’m going to beat you in a different way this time.’
Raon grinned and lifted the Jecheon Sword he was holding with both hands into the air.
The auror and the intention naturally connected, and Jecheongeom cried out as if it were alive.
-uh? Seo, no way….
‘Yes. It’s the ancestor’s sword.’
Thanks to seeing Igigeom in my dream and reading all of Igigeom’s martial arts books, I was able to embody the first family head’s Igigeom, albeit in a small way.
‘It’s still very immature, though.’
It was difficult to use in actual combat due to its low power and speed, but it was sufficient to use for training.
-So, are you planning to attack the Gwangpungdae guys with that?
‘yes.’
Raon grinned and sent the sword stained with light flames up into the sky.
‘I train, they train too, we kill two birds with one stone.’
-No, it’s impossible to stop it!
Lars shook his head, saying absolutely not.
-Not even the leaders can stop it!
‘That’s none of my business.’
Without erasing his smile, Raon fired his sword at the nearest Gwangpungdae swordsman.
Paaaaaa!
The Jecheon Sword became a yellow flash, splitting the night sky, and fell towards the shoulder of the swordsman hiding behind the rock.
“Kyaaaaaaaa!”
Dorian, who was catching his breath behind a rock, was startled and raised his sword. Extreme confusion arose in his eyes because he could not read Igiregeom’s speech even with his mind’s eye.
“Where are you coming from?”
Cheeeeee!
Raon easily parried Dorian’s sloppy sword strike and hit the guy in the stomach with the hilt of his sword.
“Kkuek!”
Dorian let out a duck-like scream and fell to the ground.
“Wow, this sword is really too much…”
He shed tears like chicken droppings, asking if he was planning to kill him.
“It’s not good to rely too much on the mind’s eye. The effectiveness of the Mind’s Eye will be doubled only if you really build up your skills. And…”
Raon nodded as he spoke to Dorian through the Jecheon Sword.
“If you want to punch me in the stomach, go for it. “You’re welcome anytime.”
“Hi!”
Dorian was frightened and his chin trembled.
“Did you hear that?”
“You couldn’t hear me talking so loudly?”
Raon giggled as he looked at Dorian’s pale face.
“Well, then…”
“Okay. Now we have to tighten the crane too.”
As he was about to move to find Cranin, Dorian raised his hand.
“Hey, great lord?”
“You can’t ask to see it.”
Raon shook his head, saying he was sorry, but he couldn’t watch the training.
“That’s not it….”
Dorian lowered his posture slightly and lowered his voice.
“Can’t you hit Crane harder than me? please.”
Since he didn’t have to take him out of training, Crane put his hands together and asked for two more hard hits.
‘look.’
Raon pointed at Dorian and shrugged his shoulders.
‘All humans are like this.’
-I learned it from you!
* * *
Raon finished Gwangpungdae’s crisis detection training before sunrise, then came down Bukmangsan Mountain and returned to the 5th training camp.
The sound of strong wind can be heard from inside. Mark Goeton remained alone and wielded the sword until now.
“Is the training going well?”
Raon approached Mark Goeton and tapped the scabbard.
‘I’ve grown, but it’s still a little disappointing.’
Originally, I would have taken Mark Goeton to the Holy Sword Training Center along with the three leaders, but since I did not know what the Holy Sword Training Center actually was, I could not take him with me as he was a Taoist.
Now I regret not taking him with me.
“Whoa…”
Mark Goeten lowered his sword and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“I did my best to train here, but I still have a lot to do.”
He shook his head as if recalling Burren, Marta, and Runan who had grown significantly and returned.
However, there was no feeling of self-destruction. He smiled calmly as if he was just doing his job.
“You don’t seem impatient.”
“of course.”
Mark Goeton nodded calmly.
“I stayed in one place for decades until Raon took it away. “Now that I’m growing even a little bit, it’s just heaven to me.”
He smiled and said that he was happy at this moment when his efforts became a small result.
“okay.”
Raon faced Mark Goeton and smiled softly.
As expected, the mental strength of people who had experienced pain that made them want to die seemed to be extraordinary.
-hey! Please explain properly! Heaven is not such a nice place!
Lars shook his head and said that the Demon World was a better place.
“Ah, but these days, I’m thinking about whether I should increase my teaching method.”
“You want to increase it?”
“I have been training too one-sided, so I thought it would be good to add other methods or techniques.”
Mark Götten expressed his appetite by saying that he was worried about whether to expand his path to becoming uneducated.
“Is that what you want to do?”
“Well, to be honest, I’d like to go with it. However, in order to grow further, you need a little more variety….”
“It certainly won’t be a loss if you learn various sword techniques and sword techniques. But…”
Raon shook his head as he looked at Mark Goeton’s sword, which had all the bandages on the handle torn off.
“Following one path does not make you weak or slow. If you stick to your own path, you may achieve faster results. This time, when I went to the Seonggeomryun….”
I told Mark Goeton about the faith and strength of the prosecutors of the Seonggeomryun who follow only one path.
“I see. People like that…”
Mark Goeten clenched his fists as if he was excited after hearing that prosecutors like him who followed only one path could reach higher heights and become stronger.
“So, I have a suggestion.”
“If you were to make a suggestion…”
“How about going to the Holy Sword Training?”
Raon took out an envelope from his pocket.
“Am I at Seonggeomryeon?”
Mark Goeton swallowed dryly as he looked at the envelope.
“I use a sword, not a sword. Is that okay?”
“I was worried about that too, so I left the scriptures behind, but when I went there in person, I saw that Seonggeomnyeondo was a place where people lived, just like I said a little while ago.”
Raon smiled slightly and handed out a letter of introduction he had written to Rektar.
“It will definitely be of great help to you, sir.”
The grand master’s wall is high. Among martial artists who are called geniuses and quickly become masters, there are very few who reach the realm of grand masters.
Mark Goeten knows the pain of not being able to grow, and if he regrets the past, he will definitely be able to become a Grand Master because he is working harder than anyone else.
It may have been his own wish, but among Burren, Marta, Runaan, and Mark Goeton, it seemed like Mark Goeton would be the first to break the wall.
“….”
Mark Goeton looked at the letter of introduction with shaking eyes and stretched out his hand as if he had made up his mind.
“I will go.”
“It’s a good choice.”
Raon smiled and handed Mark Goeton a letter of introduction.
“When are you leaving?”
“Once you make a decision, you have to act right away.”
He nodded and said he would go tomorrow.
“Oh, then let me give you one piece of advice.”
Raon raised his finger.
“There is a prosecutor named Lawrence who lives on the mountain behind Seonggeomryeon. He is a very kind person and teaches martial arts well. Be sure to visit every day and learn.”
He grinned while saying that.
“Well, I’ll keep that in mind.”
Mark Goeton said he would and left the gym.
-Yes, are you really trying to give up on humans?
Lars shook his head as if he was dumbfounded.
-Why are you creating a path to kill them both!
“For some reason…”
Raon chuckled, looking at Mark Goeton’s back.
“I think you two could become good friends.”
* * *
Raon finished breakfast and went to the banquet.
“Welcome to the non-banquet.”
Chad, the non-banquet owner, greeted us at the door with a smile as if he was waiting for us.
“I received a call from the head of the family. Are you investigating the whereabouts of the first head of the family?”
“yes. “I have some questions.”
“Haha, there are times like that. “Please come this way.”
Chad entered Sieghardt’s office, saying he would lead him to the basement where his past records were kept.
“Why in the office….”
“Sieghardt’s records are prohibited from being leaked, even if they are very minor. “There is a way in here because only those who have permission from the non-banquet owner of the time can enter.”
Chad tapped his finger on the windowless wall several times, and with a thud, the wall split, opening a path leading down.
“Huh…”
Raon widened his eyes. Even if I hadn’t relaxed my energy, it was surprising that I didn’t notice the entrance right in front of me.
It seemed like a device made by a great expert.
“Please follow me.”
Chad nodded cautiously and went down.
The stairs were wide, and there was permanent lighting around them, so going down was no problem.
“Actually, I also had a lot of questions about the first head of the family, so I did some research. However, other than what was known, nothing was recorded. “There will be no information about him within 500 years.”
He clicked his tongue, saying that only by looking at historical records from 700 years ago could he find the story of the first family head.
“okay.”
As I walked down the stairs while listening to Chad, my feet soon touched the floor.
When I looked up, I saw countless bookshelves standing there, like trees growing in a forest, and books and documents were piled up inside them.
“This is Sieghard’s history.”
Chad walked forward with a blush on his cheeks as if he was excited.
“The closer you are to here, the more recent it is, and the further away it is, the more it is from the past.”
He walked forward, thinking that it would be better to find information about the first head of the family from the inside.
“thank you.”
It was the moment Raon nodded and was about to follow Chad.
Hwaaaaaaa!
As if he had stepped on a trap, golden flames burst out from the dark floor and enveloped him.
