096. Proof (2)
Kang!
「The authority ‘Sword Merchant 劍氣傷人’ is activated.」
「The skill ‘Sword Sword Merchant 閃电劍氣’ is activated.]
The shock generated by the collision between swords runs through your fingertips.
Paperweight!
I pushed the blade while activating the flash sword skill, and Jane was greatly taken aback by that.
“Come…!?”
Are sword skills treated the same as Auras in the Ares dimension?
The aura that the black knight I met before was actually a type of swordsmanship when I think about it now.
‘The earth dimension is the only one where sword energy or auras didn’t exist at all.’
That fact made me feel bitter, but Jane, unlike me, seemed to feel more astonished.
Chae Ae-Aeng!
After competing with each other and backing down, Jane opened her mouth in disbelief.
“No way an adventurer could handle an aura…”
Then, he spontaneously saw my sword technique and nodded as if he understood.
“I wonder if he was an adventurer from a fallen aristocracy… That’s why he said he would accept the test given by the God of Proof. It became fun.”
It’s not a fallen nobleman or anything, but I decided to keep quiet for now.
Since the other person misunderstands me at will, I don’t have anything to talk about hurting my mouth.
“Is it strange that I am using an aura while you are also using an aura?”
“That’s right, you’re on an adventure, and I’m a high priest.”
She said that as if there was a barrier of status that could not be narrowed between the two.
“And I’m not technically dealing with Aurors.”
“…?”
“I just expressed the divine power bestowed by the God of Proof through authority.”
“It’s not an official Auror.”
“What is it? It’s a kind of expedient.”
In a word, it means that it is the same as the sword I use before implementing the sword skill myself.
“Ah…”
I couldn’t help but look at her with a feeling of intense regret.
It was regrettable that there was nothing to learn and that there was no possibility of absorbing her sword skill, not even a skill.
Should I say that it feels like a single drop of water that fell while feeling a burning thirst soaked into the ground?
but-.
Instead of being frustrated by that fact, I fixed my sword and gripped it, using my disappointment as food.
And while looking at Jane who was breathing at the same time, I asked a question.
“There is something I want to ask you.”
“…?”
“Is this the end of the physical proof?”
“…You think you already won? Even if I’m not a formal Auror user, my skills are as good as a formal Auror user, right?”
“So you’re not going to tell me?”
“Well… I don’t know either. If you want to know, come to the official aura and defeat me from the front like a user. Then maybe I can tell you.”
She seemed to think that I was making fun of her because of her slightly sullen tone.
It seems that he even thought that he looked down on him for not being an official user of Aura.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with thinking that I had won, but I never looked down on her as a non-user.
But rather than her anger, I glared at the condition behind it.
“That might not be enough. If you win, tell me what the proofs that will follow will be.”
“under! If you win, I’ll do it for you. Adventurer, isn’t it too early to think that we have won yet?”
Soon, seeing the veins on Jane’s fine forehead, I smiled softly.
“That’s something you’ll find out when you see it.”
and-.
After saying that, I immediately jumped out of my seat and rushed at Jane.
***
Chaeng! Chaeeng! Chae Ae-Aeng!
Originally, the battle with Jane took longer and longer than I had originally thought.
At some point, I didn’t even know how much time had passed.
The cause of this long-term battle came from Jane’s divine power.
He said he was a priest, so he was holding out against me by steadily replenishing his stamina and recovering from wounds through divine power.
Even his physical ability was high, so he was not an opponent that he could win without loss.
However, soon after fighting Jane, I noticed that she had less combat experience than I thought.
Shall I say that I don’t think I’ve ever had a long fight with such a strong opponent?
It looked like he had never aimed a sword at an enemy like me who could cling to it so tenaciously.
‘Then I have to use that point too.’
In response, I slowly loosened the strength of my right hand holding the Blood Heaven Demon Sword and deliberately pretended to be slightly tired.
I intentionally blurred my eyes slightly so that Jane wouldn’t think that this was acting, and I swung the sword with my teeth clenched.
Just at that moment, Jane snapped at the bait.
Chae Ae-Aeng!
The Blood Heaven Demon Sword, deliberately wielded carelessly, was blown out of her hand by Jane with a big motion.
Soon, her face began to glow, as if she had finally won.
[The Authority ‘Sword of Iron Blood’ is activated.]
Without properly noticing that it was the result of my initiative.
“…!?”
As soon as the blood demon sword disappeared, I immediately summoned the iron blood sword in my right hand.
Then, the antique iron-blooded sword tinged with frost clung to his empty right hand.
At the same time, Jane’s face, who had promised victory, was embarrassed.
However, Jane, who struck the sword with a big movement, is not yet given freedom of action.
I took advantage of that point and hit Jane’s sharp sword strongly in reverse.
Kang!
“…”
“I won.”
“Oh no… why is this…”
“You think it’s the lack of practical experience.”
At those words, Jane opened her mouth as if crying.
“What is the lack of practical experience…! An adventurer who never gets tired of recovering with divine power several times is strange!”
「The manager ‘The Swordsman Who Kills God’ didn’t know, but after hearing it, he said
it was true.」 「The manager ‘The Hero of the Ruined World’ isn’t wrong and affirms the priest’s words.]
「The manager ‘Priest of the Seven Gods’ is Priest Jane I sympathize with your anger and say
that you are strange.” 「The administrator, ‘White
Crane Swordsman’, is proud and says that
this is his contract.
』 The administrator, ‘Divine Seeker’ is satisfied with your sophistry, feeling interest and pleasure.」
“What the hell is that…?”
“Anyway, I won, right?”
“That’s… that’s right.”
“Now then, tell me everything you promised.”
Of course, I could have refused because I didn’t like Jane, but I didn’t think she was that kind of person.
Actually, even if it’s not, it’s also a problem that it’s over if you just kill it and move on to the next gateway.
But Jane didn’t bother to say no, she sighed and started explaining.
“The proof of the body is now two, and the proof of faith will start at the fifth gate and end at the sixth gate.”
“Then is the proof of the spirit only at the seventh gate?”
“But you might want to consider giving up once before challenging the seventh gateway.”
“…?”
“No one has ever passed through the seventh gate. Everyone who entered it went mad or died with blood pouring out of their bodies.”
“…”
I immediately activated Fire Dragon’s Eye to see if it was true.
「The skill ‘Fire Dragon’s Eye’ detects that there is no lie in the opponent’s words.」
Jane only conveyed the words as they were to me.
“Then, what is the content of the proof that will follow…”
“I don’t know about that either.” 「The skill ‘Fire Dragon’s Eye’
detects that
there is no lie in the opponent’s words.
”
There is almost no exchange between those in charge of each proof, and they only know properly about the proof they are in charge of.
I sighed, picked up the blood demon sword that had fallen in the room, and released the iron blood sword.
Come to think of it, even though it’s been a while since I’ve acquired the Iron Blooded Sword, I haven’t been able to use it properly.
‘The performance of the Blood Heaven Demon Sword is quite good, so I can’t use it properly.’
Originally, I thought that the sword I was using would soon be destroyed or disappeared.
After using it, I couldn’t use it properly because the Blood Heaven Demon Sword was better than I imagined.
It was to the point where I felt like I wouldn’t be able to see the light of power at all.
After completing the 11th floor ordeal, I immediately looked at Jane, thinking that I should learn at least dual swordsmanship.
“It will be over now. The advice is… Well, it’s been a long time since we had a good fight. That’s about it.”
Hardly did she look like someone who knew she was going to die soon.
“…Aren’t you afraid of dying?”
After I kill Jane, I will absorb the spirit.
Still, Jane didn’t look too frightened.
When I questioned why this was so, Jane answered calmly.
“The high priest’s soul belongs to God.”
“…”
“Even if I die anyway, I’ll just go back to God.”
“So you have no fear of death.”
“Even though I look like this, I am a priest who gave everything to God in my own way, so I was freed from personal anguish.”
I didn’t ask further if I really had any regrets or if it would be okay to die like this.
Anyway, I longed for growth, and she didn’t feel too bad about dying.
I silently swung my sword, knowing that asking further questions like this would only make me sick.
Chow!
「Absorbed priest ‘Jane”s command.」
「Proficiency level increases by 8.8%.」
I felt my mind getting dull after a long time.
Knowing that each other would die, they fought properly, and Jane was defeated and died in the result.
It was a battle to the death in which if I had been weaker, it would have been me who would have died, not her.
It’s just that, and in reality, you won’t even remember it anymore if you overcome the ordeal.
Even so, I still felt some guilt for killing her.
“…”
In an instant, I felt a chill permeate my entire body.
I’ve sworn to myself before.
In order to climb the tower, I will kill all those who move to kill me.
By doing so, I will climb this tower without avoiding fights or abandoning my humanity.
However, it was to preserve a minimum of humanity, and he did not hesitate to kill people like this.
“….”
Could it be that he didn’t have any ill will toward me like the people I’ve met so far, that’s why I’m so upset?
However, it was similar to John, whom he encountered at the first gateway.
He didn’t hold much malice against me, he just grinned and told me to accept the trial.
Even at the point of killing him and stealing the items from his arms, I didn’t have much other feelings than a little sorry.
For the first time I started to feel afraid.
What will happen if this feeling does not end with a simple whim and overlaps with self-contradiction?
The feeling of being defeated by Namgoong-hyeok fuels the fire of longing for growth like firewood.
But the worst thing is when this precarious feeling blocks my craving and takes away my will.
As I reached that thought, I felt goosebumps creeping up inside me, and I narrowed my eyes.
“They say it’s a proof of the spirit… but it really makes me think of it as a subject of an ordeal.”
Perhaps the ordeal itself has this tendency.
This space was prepared by the tower, and at the same time it was also called the trial of the gods.
There may be some influence factor that does not apply to exorcism or forced breakthrough.
Imprinting that fact into my head, I left the room and walked to the next gate.
In the hallway connecting the rooms, there were broken pieces of glass, unlike before.
As they approached the next gateway, more and more of them gathered together like a single broken window.
Shall we say that it continues as if a new mirror is completed from a piece of glass?
That impression became clear as soon as I entered the room where the third gateway existed.
Glass shards were gathered not only on the walls, but also on the ceiling and floor, like broken mirrors.
In the center of that heterogeneous room was a priest with his eyes closed and a scabbard in his left hand.
He was a man of such a large build that his stocky physique was noticeable even outside the fluttering habit.
“…An adventurer who can truly handle the laws of the invisible world.”
He muttered that with his eyes closed, then raised his right hand and placed it on the handle of the sword.
“I guess you can even reach the path of the Aura Blade.”
and at the same time.
「The manager, ‘The Swordsman Who Kills God’, tells you that you should be careful now.」
「The manager, ‘The Hero of the Ruined World’, advises you not to be conceited as a real swordsman has appeared.
」 )’ is said to use real sword skills, not false sword skills.」 「I admire the
administrator ‘Iron-Blooded Lord’ as a priest who serves the God of Proof.』
caught on
“I am Resilian, the one who will become a sword that the God of Proof will handle.”
Soon, he slowly opened his closed eyes as he slowly took out the straight sword from the scabbard.
Then, as Resilian held the sword fully in her right hand, flames shot up from the blade.
It was an imperfect flame that seemed to be extinguished even by a strong wind.
but.
“Prove your martial arts here.”
It was a skill that had to be acknowledged even if it was imperfect.
“Sword Flame (劍炎)…”
The worst technology that exists only to eat sword energy appeared in front of my eyes again.
