Chapter 39 Fire in the Oven (4)
The reason why Baek Jung-hyeok decided to make his own sword came from an incident.
When I was 18 years old.
At a time when the succession structure of the Demonic Cult had not yet been decided, Baek Joong-hyeok spent days drying his blood due to a bloody struggle between his brothers.
Unlike his other brothers, he had no foundation to protect himself, and he had no choice but to spend the night awake at the daily assassination attempts.
Then one day.
A visitor came in the middle of the night.
11th older brother.
Baek Chang-hyeon attempted an assassination attempt to kill Baek Joong-hyeok, and a bloody battle broke out between the brothers on the night the white moon rose.
The aspect of the battle was close to ice.
Baek Chang-hyun was also a person who had passed the ordeal in the cave, and even in a bloody situation, he persistently attacked Baek Jung-hyeok’s vitals.
The physical difference between the two was huge.
As Baek Chang-hyeon was born first, he showed a physical superiority, and the sword that Baek Joong-hyeok cherished so far was broken by Baek Chang-hyeon’s attack.
Kwajik.
one shot.
Baek Joong-hyeok was cut in the chest by the attack that came in as the sword broke.
Blood spattered.
The moment the fear of death approached right in front of his nose, Baek Joong-hyeok boldly gave up his chest completely and cut the opponent’s face with a broken sword.
The momentary joy of winning.
Baek Chang-hyun’s face, which had been filled with joy, was terribly crushed, and Baek Joong-hyeok ended the opponent’s life with a bloody body.
that day.
Baek Joong-hyeok thought.
You need your own sword.
He wanted a sword that would never break in the middle of a battle and that would fully utilize his current physical abilities.
From that day on, Baek Jung-hyeok, who became known as a poison servant after handling his 11th brother, learned the art of making swords while visiting blacksmiths unlike other brothers.
Then, whenever the moment of decisive battle was ahead, he produced a sword suitable for himself.
A sword that can maximize one’s condition by calculating complex things such as physical characteristics and the characteristics of the current preferred method of swordsmanship.
So many decades have passed.
Baek Jung-hyeok rose to the pinnacle and fought hundreds of thousands of battles in the process of unifying Murim.
Baek Joong-hyeok’s sword changed every year.
Baek Jung-hyeok passed down the previous swords to his subordinates whenever he made a new sword, and at some point he called the 39 swords that had been passed down from generation to generation the swords of the Heavenly Demon.
A treasure that dare not put a price.
It is safe to say that Baek Joong-hyeok’s production technology, which has developed through numerous battles and the past years, has reached the level of a craftsman.
the act of making a sword.
It was familiar to Baek Joong-hyeok.
And now.
Roman had a battle with Barco ahead.
blast furnace.
first sword.
Roman performed the ceremony as Baek Joong-hyeok.
Forge of resistance.
In the space where there had been no footsteps for a while, the sound of strong tapping on steel reverberated around.
Caang!
Sparks flew.
Hitting the red-hot steel with a hammer, Roman repeated the same action with a certain force and rhythm.
It was a really boring time for ordinary people.
In a space where only the sound of fire burning in the oven and the sound of hitting steel were permitted, Roman sweated as he faced the heat.
Caang!
Caang! Caang!
A state of trance.
Roman loved the moment he fell into a single purpose.
What was nothing at first will be born into a wonderful sword through his repeated actions.
subordinates of the past.
They did not understand Baek Joong-hyeok’s actions even when they were making the first sword.
There were swords scattered around the warehouse, and he said, “Can I pick up any of them and use them?”
Rather than investing useless time in crafting a sword, he thought it would be better to spend that time honing martial arts.
That’s not wrong.
However, Baek Joong-hyeok looked back on himself in his own world, leaving the simple production of swords.
‘What do I live for?’
purpose of life.
Even after accomplishing everything, I didn’t realize it.
Since he had the Heavenly Demon as his father, he had to live in a world of the law of the jungle since he was a child.
I didn’t think it was bad.
This is because human beings do not live a life that was originally planned from beginning to end, but create a story as a human being according to their own instincts.
It is still the same.
Roman’s life is unfamiliar and vague, but as in the past, Baek Joong-hyeok was faithful to reality.
what you see in front of you.
I accepted the breakup for a new life.
The threat of Blood Fang subdued them.
In order to get rid of the bad relationship with Antony Barco, he is now making a sword for himself while preparing to depart.
Baek Joong-hyeok.
it was his life
For the single purpose of simply reigning, he was faithful to the reality in front of him even in the open sea.
‘My current state is not at a level that can stand against all variables. As I entered the realm of humanity with the metamorphosis of my bones, I was able to use the first three seconds of the Heavenly Demon Sword, but in Roman’s world, there will be many variables I don’t know about. Therefore, I have to train myself harder. A world I don’t know, powerful enemies I don’t know. No matter what happens, I will always be the winner.’
predator.
Defeat was not tolerated.
In the world of the weak and the weak, defeat means death, so Baek Joong-hyeok always wanted to remain as a predator.
Caang!
A strong shock occurred.
Roman’s face was covered with sweat from the hot flames, and the muscles of his naked top twitched and turned red.
It was a strange sight.
Ordinary blacksmiths wear protective gear as a must in the process of working.
It is also to protect the body from the heat of the oven, but if you tap the steel, hot pieces may bounce and burn your body.
Same with Hendrick.
He met him at the blacksmith’s shop and went to work, but Roman, who was pounding steel in front of the flames, was wearing nothing but his bottoms.
He knew too.
that this is dangerous.
However, making a sword was another method unique to Baek Joong-hyeok who practiced martial arts at the same time as making a weapon suitable for himself.
Fire.
Roaring.
A fire blazed.
Roman opened his lungs and accepted the heat as it was.
Fire God’s Art.
Roman’s body was engulfed in flames.
Chloride God.
It is a demon’s martial art called fire demon that uses the power of hot flame to quickly accumulate mana in a short time.
According to the common sense of the world, the two mental methods cannot coexist.
It is common knowledge that people who use the Heavenly Demon Singong cannot use the Hwahwa Shingong, but Baek Jung-hyeok’s Cheonma Singong has raised its affinity to the limit as it continues to develop.
As a result, coexistence with other simbeop was possible. The Cheonma Singong took its place in Danjeon and oversaw everything, but even if other forces flowed into the interior, an extreme phenomenon such as the coin initiation did not occur.
coexistence.
It sucked in the heat.
He gradually made the heat rising up in the Danjeon into his own so that the hot flames could be nourished by the Heavenly Demon Singong.
‘The Divine Flame’s training method is the best method I can choose as an insignificant person. If used frequently, the lungs and internal organs will be damaged, but in the meantime, I can handle the flames of the oven after I have been fully prepared in the same way as in the metamorphosis.’
Caang!
Caang! Caang!
He swung the hammer vigorously.
The act of making a sword.
Facing the flames of the oven head-on, Roman began to calmly examine his body condition carefully.
arm length.
intensity of power.
amount of energy available.
Calmly inspecting the condition, he recalled in his head the shape of the sword that would suit him.
The sword I made while pouring my sweat like rain right now won’t be usable in a year or two.
It was exactly the right shape for the current self, and Roman thought that that alone would be enough for the sword to do its job.
at the same time.
I built up mana in the battle.
Enemies identified so far.
Considering the size of Barco and the mercenaries he hired, it wasn’t a big problem even at the current level.
but.
Variables are inherently invisible.
Obviously, the size of Barco, which was obtained by hiring the information guild, is within common sense, but it is impossible to fully understand what preparations they made in the process of conquering Lawrence unless the person concerned.
Moorim tells Samhal to hide his skills.
The word came about because revealing one’s power fully in a world of weak meat, where all kinds of male and female animals are rampant, is a shortcut to death.
Barco.
They, too, may have hidden Samhal’s power, and Roman knew that such a variable could cost their lives.
so that.
I wished for the strength to stand against all variables.
In the process of conquering the political faction Murim, Jegal Sega’s brains drove Baek Joong-hyeok into a corner with numerous variables, but the overwhelming force disintegrated them all.
When you can’t fully grasp the power of your opponent.
In the first place, having enough power that variables do not work was also a way to solve the problem.
‘I have not yet fully grasped this world. The strongest person I’ve ever experienced was Jonathan Knight Commander, and he said that a 3-star level was about being recognized in the kingdom. But in this world, there are 4-star swordsmen, 5-star swordsmen, and even 6-star swordsmen. And there are unknown beings who use the power of magic that I have never experienced before. Even if I can overwhelmingly defeat the Knight Commander Jonathan, there is no certainty that the unknown beings are also beings that I can deal with.’
I took a breath.
Suck up mana and hit the steel hard.
Caang!
I had to train.
for accepting new people.
He had no intention of ever being defeated because people like Hans lived in the fence he had built.
like that.
a day or two.
Time passed.
Roman’s body became a single sword.
As if he was making his own sword, he accepted the hot flames and trained his body strongly.
And when ten days have passed.
Took.
Finally.
The sound of hammering in the forge stopped.
first sword.
In any case for a person, the first is special.
Roman looked at the sword in the sunlight, and a smile appeared on his face as the shape of the sword burned down smoothly.
‘It’s a perfectly suitable sword for me now.’
The production period was short.
Ten days was an extremely short time, but with the heat of fire and experience, he succeeded in making a sword of the level he needed.
It was not an ordinary sword sold in the market, but it had all the conditions to accept its own mana better than any other lump of steel and to meet the physical specifications.
if this sword
The preparations are over.
Roman gave the name of the sword to the heat boiling in the danteon.
“Your name will be called salamander, after the name of this world.”
took the sword
now.
dispatch.
It’s time to expose your teeth to Barco.
