Chapter 411 Chapter
120. Why Hiran? (5)
The assailant was silent. I couldn’t predict what the expression on the other side of the face hidden by the mask would be.
“…I was wondering if I finally made the right decision to attack Dante Hylan. You complicate things, Gene Runcandel.”
The reason why a properly judged assailant expressed Dante’s kidnapping in that way was no different.
It was because it was to the advantage of Runcandel.
Hiran is a swordsman next to Runcandel and a core force of Bement, one of the four major powers.
Therefore, when Hiran collapses, it is like Bement receiving a serious blow.
Among the four major powers, Runcandel and Ziple are clearly in conflict.
The enemies of Bement and Kingelo were not yet clear.
However, Bement has had a lot of exchanges with Zipple even if it is not a complete alliance from the past, and if you must choose one force between Runcandel and Zipple and hold hands. It was a force with a high possibility of choosing Zipple.
“That’s what complicates things. I’m making Hailan my ally at best, so you sprinkle this kind of ashes on the finished rice?”
Sak! A black blade struck the assailant’s face. The assailant raised his sword to block it, but he did not engage in a power confrontation as if the power of heavy pressure was intrusive.
‘It’s clear from what you’re saying. It’s a black knight.’
decided to be sure.
It didn’t really matter if he was the Dark Knight or some other warrior. After all, the assailant is moving for the results that benefit Runkandel, and it is a self-evident fact that he has the skills of a black knight.
“If you understand, get out of here, Joshua’s puppy.”
Every time he uttered Bradamante, the aura and blue fire harmonized, leaving a sharp trail.
Unlike the first time when he blocked the attack, the assailant did not face swords directly and avoided Jin’s sword with ease.
There really aren’t that many warriors in the world who can so neatly avoid Jin’s determined attack.
However, there were definitely a handful of warriors who could continue to ‘leisurely’ avoid.
At first glance, the goon seemed relaxed, but it wasn’t. As Jin’s attacks continue, the evasion radius is getting narrower.
‘Okay.’
Jin smiled inwardly and examined the assailant’s sword.
An ordinary steel sword. That was the reason why the assailant avoided mixing swords. It was not because he was avoiding Jin’s attack with ease, so he was avoiding it in order to subdue it with a single knife at the right moment.
‘If I brought the sword I originally used or a famous sword, that in itself would have been proof that I couldn’t take it out.’
Of course, even if it was ordinary by Jin’s standards, it was a sword that would be evaluated as excellent no matter what blacksmith’s show it.
But what that ordinary steel sword is facing is Bradamante.
One of the greatest masterpieces that the legendary blacksmith Picon Minche completed as a god.
The world tends to think that a famous sword is meaningless to a warrior who has attained enlightenment, so to speak, a warrior who is strong enough that the quality of the weapon is not important.
But that’s just the absurd imagination of those who haven’t held a sword properly.
If two warriors with exactly the same strength fight, the winner will naturally be the one with the better weapon.
That’s why Shiron also used Barisada, an incomparable sword, Ron used Rashid, and Talaris used Manbing. It was the same with all the other unmanned people.
Even a normal steel sword, no matter how well it was forged, could break when the user had transcendental power.
‘The durability of that steel sword is hitting rock bottom because I’ve already had to deal with the knights of Hiran because I’m already trying to cut off my sword and Dante’s secret technique.’
If you continue to fight in such a situation and the weapon breaks.
Even the Dark Knight could not fight Jin with his bare hands. And sad for Dante, but fortunate for Jean.
Just a moment ago, thanks to the sun filling the Great Hall, the swords of the corpses lined up on the floor were all damaged.
Even if the sword breaks immediately, the assailant cannot acquire another weapon.
Ssik Jin smiled.
“What if you openly worry about weapons like that, Black Knight?”
Increased speed.
Again, he opened the curtain of aura and went back and forth between them, shooting sword energy without a break. The sword energy containing the aura of heavy pressure was heavily oppressing the assailant.
The assailant seemed to be able to avoid it any longer, and showed the appearance of countering part of the sword.
It was also urgent to block the attack, but there was no way he could use his power properly. On the other hand, Jin poured out his sword skills comfortably.
‘The only weapon he can take is Dante’s sword.’
I took a position, conscious of the fallen Dante side. It was only natural that if the black knight got Dante’s sword, the situation would turn over again.
“Why don’t you bring some extra weapons?”
jjwoong-!
When the assailant suddenly closed the distance and struck off Jin’s blow, a deafening roar arose.
Amidst the roar, I could feel the characteristic vibration of metal cracking. It was a fact that could not be hidden even if it was covered with an aura.
“Ah, originally, did you intend to use the swords of other knights just in case?”
The blade of the Spirit Sword’s scissors was sticking out from behind the assailant’s back. I managed to duck down to avoid it, but I couldn’t completely avoid the seed cutting that followed right after.
Drops of blood splattered.
The point of Bradamante’s sword grazed his shoulder. The wound wasn’t deep, but it was important that he succeeded first.
“Go away. Your mission is a failure.”
“I don’t know.”
A monster shrugging his shoulders.
“Do you really think that Hylan will side with Runcandel just because he has a friendship with Dante Hylan?”
“Is there any reason not to?”
“I didn’t know you were so naive.”
“That innocence will result in my Runkandel and Hiran being together. It’s a value that neither your master nor the current rotten Runkandel have.”
“I can’t speak.”
“It’s okay since we don’t have to talk to each other.”
bang-! Quagga-!
This time, it wasn’t the noise from Jin and the assailant’s workshop.
it was outside The fight between Ron and Berakt is getting more and more intense. Even though they were so far apart, they could feel the strong energy emanating from the two.
The entire castle was filled with dangerous vibrations.
“Do whatever you do.”
Spirit Sword Type 1 Soul Slash.
A long sword blade that moved silently like a shadow scratched the face of the assailant. It was to show Jin’s will to cut whatever spirit sword he was most confident in.
In that blow, the assailant’s sword finally broke and fell to the floor.
Clink-!
However, the assailant did not look embarrassed as if he had expected that to happen.
Something sharp came out of his sleeve.
‘Claw!?’
It was a weapon that not many people used. It was also a weapon symbolizing Gilly’s family, the McLorrang family.
Is it the black knight from McLauran?
The moment I had such a question.
The assailant’s claw bounced like an arrow and came right in front of me.
‘Was it the armed Claw saw…!’
I thought I was lucky enough to be holding a weapon that didn’t look like much.
However, the real weapon of the assailant was this claw. Jin, an object apparently made from ancient iron, could no longer be said to have the upper hand as a weapon.
“Do you have a knack for surprising people?”
Kagagak is the best!
An unpleasant grinding sound spread as the claw and blade engaged. The assailant, who took out a new weapon, was showing a completely different movement than before.
‘Somehow, as soon as I first saw the assailant, I thought that such a dangerous intuition was not so great compared to what had come. I thought it was just because of the weapon.’
Every time the claw moved, three sword blades were fired. The two claws, moving dozens of times per second, were dazzling with the sword.
If he hadn’t activated the spirit armor, he would have suffered minor cuts all over his body right away.
“Wasn’t it necessary to hide your identity? If you use a weapon that can be identified like that.”
“It is enough if there are no witnesses left.”
“Am I the only witness?”
“Yes, I mean I will get rid of you.”
“I don’t like bloody jokes like that. Killing me now would be a great loss to Runkandel?”
The assailant did not answer and extended his claw.
The experience of dealing with unmanned claws was counted on one hand. In fact, when he became a jockey and Gilly’s seal was lifted, it was all he had done in sparring a few times.
-Obviously I’m much stronger than Gilly, but it’s a very tricky feeling.
-The claw is completely different from the sword, youngster. There’s nothing to be afraid of being used by clumsy people, but when you meet a decent user… your sword will seldom move your way during combat.
A conversation I had with Gilly while sparring lightly.
Like her advice, it was not easy to hold the sword as desired. The sword was caught between Claw’s teeth, limiting its movement.
It was like sealing the sword with your left hand and pouring attacks from close range with your right hand. Even after activating Multa’s rune, every time Claw brushed his face, his feelings grew chilly.
‘It’s not a joke.’
While being pushed back, he tried to counterattack a few times, but it wasn’t enough to push his momentum.
‘Dante is too dangerous to unleash the fire or the king’s sword.’
First, we had to distance ourselves.
He was protected by his spirit armor, but in the long run, he was bound to be fatally wounded. However, the assailant seems to cling to Jin even if he steps backwards.
He continued to slash his soul, but there was no way the assailant’s claw would break like a steel sword. However, the claws, which had been driving as if they hadn’t caused any shock, died down in an instant.
Thanks to that, they were able to secure a distance of about 10 steps, and Jin planned to continue the fight while maintaining that distance.
Unless he possessed swordsmanship superior to that of the assailant, there was very little he could do in close combat.
slap!
Then the assailant turned around and changed the target.
‘Dante!’
From the beginning, it was Dante that the assailant was aiming for. After deliberately inducing Jin to widen the distance, he tried to escape by securing Dante, the original target.
Jin and the assailant threw themselves at Dante at the same time.
As there is a difference of ten steps, it was the stranger who reached Dante first.
The assailant’s glowing claw was headed for the nape of the fallen Dante’s neck. As if it didn’t matter if he didn’t kidnap Dante and kill him.
Soon, Claw is about to pierce Dante’s neck. Jin threw Bradamante to block the claw’s path and at the same time pulled out Sigmund.
However, it was unavoidable that the posture was disturbed due to the forced throwing of the sword, and the assailant returned the claw that was heading to Dante back to Jin.
Kwagak-!
Claw stabbed the aura armor, and Jin coughed up a handful of blood.
