Episode 568
Raon checked the message after hitting Ras’ glowing forehead with the back of his hand.
[You have reached the level of a Grand Master.]
[You have revealed the madness of falling into a trance at the center of the battlefield.] [
All abilities increase by 40 points.]
[You have achieved the continent’s first achievement, < Youngest Grand Master >.]
[Soul rank increases significantly.]
[All martial arts levels increase significantly.]
Not only did he become a Grand Master, but his abilities seemed to have increased even more thanks to breaking walls and falling into a trance on the battlefield.
’40 points is crazy.’
Even though it was a reward, it was a ridiculous number. However, there was a more pleasant message than that.
‘The level of all martial arts is rising.’
After becoming a Grand Master, I was surprised that Mangakong’s swordsmanship and the power of Las’s decisive battle were stronger than I expected, but I was not mistaken.
It seemed as if the level of all martial arts was rising, and the power of swordsmanship and auras had risen sharply.
-Holy shit!
While Raon was looking at the message and smiling slightly, Lars raised his head.
-If you do something crazy, you should take away points, so why give them more! You idiot!
The guy screamed and held his head as if he couldn’t understand.
-And that too without the owner’s permission! Why are you giving it away as you please!
Lars swung his round fist at the system that gave out the reward. Perhaps thanks to this, the following message immediately came to mind.
[The ring of fire has reached 8 stars.]
[All abilities increase by 10 points.]
[The recovery of the body and Auror increases significantly.]
[The top battle is expanded. The intention you put into your aura has greater power.]
[Special abilities may blossom.]
This time, these were the rewards obtained by reaching the 8th star of the Ring of Fire.
Is it because I thought of an unbreakable swordsman and an unquenchable fire in the world of imagination? A message came to mind that the recovery of the body and Aurors had increased significantly.
Raon closed his eyes and looked inside.
‘Obviously…’
Recovery was very fast.
Thanks to the life-or-death battle with the Dragon Sword Master, the dantian was empty, but the aura was filling up at a much different rate than before.
The recovery effect of sloth and the effect of the ring of fire overlapped, and the recovery seemed to increase ridiculously.
-Kyaaak!
As soon as he smiled as he felt the Danjeon gradually becoming heavier, Lars let out a cat-like scream.
-I said let’s see. The king looks like a cloth! Why are abilities given here again? Resilience? This guy is not going anywhere! There is no need for resilience! The idea is nonsense!
Lars was now arguing over every single line of the message. Of course, no one listened to what he said.
Raon left Ras alone, who seemed to have raised his eyebrows, and checked the last message.
‘What are the special abilities?’
I knew that the upper world had expanded because the world of imagery had expanded.
But I had no idea what the special ability was.
-You don’t even know that!
Lars clicked his tongue and turned his head.
-The wall you climbed over is the equivalent of a living thing. This means that since you have surpassed humanity to a certain extent, you can develop abilities appropriate to that.
‘Ah…’
– It must be unfair to have your abilities taken away by Mojiri, who doesn’t even know such things!
The guy patted his chest, saying it was a waste of money. I didn’t hit it too hard because it hurt.
‘Then what kind of ability is it?’
-How does the king know that! It depends on what kind of person you are, and you never know when it will be open! It may not happen at all!
Lars snorted, saying that it was bound to be different for each individual.
‘In the end, you don’t know anything either?’
-Just cut off that damn snout!
When Raon easily dodged Lars’ fist, a message came up again.
[The grade of < Ambush > increases.]
[The grade of < Divinity Blooming from Darkness > increases.] [The grade
of < Morale Resistance > increases.]
[The grade of < Evil Eyes of Anger > increases.]
[The grade of < Barding of the Tale > has increased.]
The last message that appeared was a message notifying that the grades of the characteristics had increased. During this battle, the grades of the characteristics I used the most went up one level.
-Jeeeeeeee!
Lars finally couldn’t bear it anymore and cursed.
-Is this a bead ice cream store? It’s distributed very evenly! They only serve delicious things like mint chocolate!
‘Well, mint chocolate doesn’t taste that good…’
-Shut up and answer the damn system!
The guy shouted, but the system disappeared arrogantly, as if it had completed all its work.
-Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu hot the bones….
Ras muttered that he was cold and his plump body trembled because he was the demon king of extreme cold.
‘It’s cold?’
-Because it gets taken away from me all the time. There really is no point in living.
I felt sorry for some reason, so I scratched my head and approached Lars.
‘Would you like to buy me some beaded ice cream when I get back? “How about 3 sets?”
He said he would buy him ice cream, but contrary to expectations, Lars did not turn around and just muttered to himself.
‘Are you really upset?’
Raon licked his lips and listened to Lars.
-What flavor should I choose? Is there a rumor that you made a good choice?
‘….’
The guy wasn’t pouting or angry, but was concentrating on choosing the flavor of ice cream.
‘I’m sick of it…’
Raon sighed and looked away.
“Why are you wandering alone?
Rimmer let out a faint laugh and gestured.
“Me?”
“okay. He looked into space and laughed and then frowned. “What do you have?”
He squinted as he looked at Ras and where the message had been floating.
“Oh, I’m a little tired.”
Raon smiled awkwardly and scratched his cheek.
“that’s right. “You must be tired because there have been so many fights.”
Burren, who was seeing Lars, nodded as if he was okay. He told me through the shape of his mouth that the spirit was cute.
‘So cute…’
This guy is just a carnivorous devil. I wanted to shout, but I held back.
“I guess so.”
Rimmer calmly nodded. My eyes automatically went to his bare right shoulder. I felt as if my chest was clogged.
“My lord.”
Raon stood in front of Rimmer and looked into his eyes.
“What are you going to do with your arm?”
“Well…”
Rimmer smiled awkwardly, touching his right shoulder with his left hand.
“Should I just retire?”
His voice was as calm as when having a light conversation.
“Retirement…?”
“I’ve been at Sieghardt for quite a while. He was also a landlord, then an instructor, and then a landlord again, so his severance pay and pension will be quite large.”
Rimmer smiled without a wrinkle and waved his left hand.
“Don’t you think it would be fun to buy a house in the downtown area and commute to the gambling den?”
He rubbed his fingers with an ambiguous look in his eyes, not sure if he was serious or joking.
“Actually, gamblers without arms or ears are more common than you might think. Do you think he will do well as a player? how is it?”
“Are you serious about that?”
Burren’s eyes trembled in embarrassment.
“The owner will lose his severance pay that day, so what kind of retirement is this!”
Unlike usual, Martha couldn’t stop herself and just chewed her lips.
“….”
Runaan looked at Rimmer quietly as if he understood whatever choice he made.
“Stop talking nonsense!”
“If you pay back the money you borrowed from us, all your severance pay will disappear, so where are you going?”
“Bury my bones in Gwangpungdae and pay my debt!”
“For life!”
Dorian and the Gwangpungdae also shouted as if they could not bear to see Rimmer retire like this.
“Ha…”
Rimmer looked at the windbreaker and let out a low sigh. He seemed speechless when the children he watched from childhood to adulthood told him not to leave.
“My lord.”
Raon took a step closer to Rimer, who lowered his head.
“If you really want to retire, I’ll take it. However…”
He calmly turned his gaze to look at Rimmer’s right shoulder.
“If it’s about the arm, there might be a way.”
“What do you mean?”
Rimmer strengthened the hand holding her shoulder and raised her gaze.
“Cloud’s arm was a little weird.”
Raon approached Cloud’s corpse and touched his right arm.
It has the softness and warmth of the skin, but does not feel like touching a human arm. As I initially thought, it was an artifact.
Poududeuk!
Perhaps because Cloud was dead, the artifact arm was easily pulled out.
‘Are you using mana?’
It looked like an artificial stem, like a mana circuit, was embedded in the shoulder. It’s difficult to use it like this, but I thought I could create something new if I brought it to Encia.
“Ugh…”
Rimmer frowned as he looked at the artificial arm.
“I have tuberculosis. “I’ll just live like this.”
He was sleeping in a garbage pit and spouting nonsense about having tuberculosis.
“I’m not asking you to use this. “The arm length won’t fit anyway.”
Raon lowered his artificial arm and shook his head.
“then?”
“If you take this, Encia might make you a new item.”
“Oh, by the way, that genius lady knows how to make an artificial danjeon.”
Rimmer also nodded, saying that it seemed like a possibility.
“surely. Gamblers without hands wore prosthetic hands. “That’s cooler.”
He grinned, probably imagining himself gambling with a prosthetic arm.
-Do I really need to make an arm for that?
Lars shook his head as if he was dumbfounded.
‘I also regret saying something.’
While Raon was wondering whether to agree with Ras’ words, Rimmer scratched the back of his neck.
“Actually, half of my life has been about revenge.”
He laughed with a look in his eyes that did not fit the word revenge.
“It happened thanks to you guys, so I’m not sure what the future holds.”
Rimmer looked at his empty right shoulder and took a quick bite.
“I wonder if I should hold the sword with my left hand without putting my arms together, and I also wonder if I should just help from behind. “I have a place where I really want to retire.”
He let out a low breath as if he hadn’t made up his mind yet.
“Because it’s not urgent. “Think slowly.”
“okay.”
Raon nodded and gestured to Gwangpungdae.
“Let’s start by organizing things first. Because I don’t know what else will happen. “Let’s sort out the situation as quickly as possible and get out of here.”
“yes!”
As the Gwangpungdae responded and moved, Lars looked into the sky.
-He is coming.
‘What else? message?’
-….
Lars narrowed his eyes without answering.
-It’s changed a little.
‘What are you talking about?’
Raon glanced in the direction Ras was watching and then stopped. Something really big was approaching in front of me.
Gooooooo!
When I felt that sensation, a white-haired old man was already floating in the air.
“uh…?”
Raon widened his eyes at the old man. His majestic bones, his eyes as if they had been sharpened into blades, and even an empty aura that didn’t match him. He was a person you couldn’t recognize.
“Mr. Rektar?”
The white-haired old man was the sword demon Rektar, whom he knew all too well. My mouth fell open because I never imagined I would meet a sword demon here.
“How did you get here?”
Raon’s smile was filled with joy. However, the sword demon did not respond and only stared at the corpses of Cloud and the Yonghyeon Swordmaster.
“Ah, these are the sword demons of the Seonggeomryeon. “They tried to devour the Rakion family and a battle broke out with us.”
Since there were many corpses around, I briefly explained the situation to ease his suspicions.
“….”
However, Rektar did not show any reaction and only examined the corpses of the Holy Sword Prosecutors.
“Mr. Rektar?”
“You have become a Grand Master.”
“Thanks to you, Rektar.”
Raon smiled and nodded. It wasn’t a formal greeting, it was sincere.
Thanks to the conversation between the Sword Demon and Glenn, I was able to quickly break through the wall and become a Grand Master.
“is it.”
The Sword Demon calmly nodded and looked up. Dry eyes without any joy. However, amidst the dryness, a pale light of unknown meaning shone.
Raon looked into the Sword Demon’s eyes and swallowed dry saliva.
‘Why on earth…’
I thought the Sword Demon would be happy that I became Grand Master as if it were his own business, but he seemed uninterested, as if he was hearing about someone else’s business.
‘Something is strange.’
When he was trying to figure out if he was really a sword demon, the swordsmen of the Holy Swordsman came down behind him.
“Rektar! This is Seonggeomryeon!”
Raon made a gesture, but Rektar did not leave the spot, neither backing down nor turning around.
The Holy Sword Demons also did not move behind Rektar. It looked like he was helping rather than attacking.
“No way….”
“It ended up like this.”
Rektar got down to the ground with a cold expression. His momentum was so terrifying that just by approaching him, my bones and flesh froze.
“You can’t believe it….”
Instead of Raon shaking his hand, Rimmer came forward.
“okay.”
The Sword Demon calmly nodded.
“I am the blood sword master of the Seonggeomryeon.”
He revealed that he belonged to the Seonggeomryeon and gave a murderous look in his eyes. When I saw the blood-soaked eyes, a chill ran down my spine.
“uh…?”
“What now?”
“Seonggeomryeon? Sword Demon?”
Gwangpungdae’s eyes trembled as if he could not believe that he had spent a short time with the Sword Demon.
“Hey old man.”
Rimmer aimed Rektar with his left hand, which was holding his shoulder, and twisted his mouth.
“What bullshit is that! Why did you suddenly join the Seonggeomryeon?”
“It didn’t go in.”
The Sword Demon answered without blinking an eye.
“Because I was a member of the Holy Swordsman from the beginning.”
“….”
Raon looked at Cloud’s corpse and clenched his fists until they bled.
‘It was Master Rektar who said that was him…’ The
person Cloud was talking about when he shouted why his swordsmanship wasn’t working was the sword demon. Now I can see why I was familiar with his swordsmanship.
‘Because I learned it too.’
Because he learned sword skills from the same person, Cloud’s simple sword was familiar to him.
“So why on earth did someone from the Holy Swordsman approach us? “You meant it back then!”
Rimmer’s face turned red and he screamed. He must have liked the Sword Demon as well, and was angry as if he had seen the Yonghyeon Sword Master.
“Is there any reason why I should answer?”
Rektar shook his head with cold eyes. As he stretched out his hand, the sword spirits of the Holy Swordsman surrounded the Gwangpungdae.
“Since we have so much affection, let’s end it quickly.”
“profit!”
“Damn it….”
“Mountain after mountain!”
Although the Gwangpungdae trembled with a sense of betrayal, they gathered in the center and operated the Gwangpungjin. However, because it was mentally and physically difficult, the Jin did not harden completely.
Slurp!
Raon pulled out his sword and blocked the front of the Gwangpungdae.
‘I can’t win.’
The situation is different from the time of Yonghyeon Sword. Even if you maintain your current state of awakening and have full auras and stamina, you cannot block even Rektar’s single sword. It was as if this situation had already ended.
“…I don’t understand. “Seonggeomryeon and Sieghart are enemies, so why did you teach me swordsmanship?”
Raon asked what he was genuinely curious about, not just to kill time.
“It was just a way to pass the time.”
Rektar shook his head in a voice that seemed to be emotionless.
“….”
Raon chewed his lip, examining Rektar’s cold complexion.
‘That can’t be possible.’
Rektar’s teachings were true. His gestures always did their best and he tried to teach us a little more.
I wonder if there is another reason. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand why it was just a way to kill time.
But the reason wasn’t important right now.
Because Rektar was approaching to take immediate action.
“If I take you, who became a Grand Master at the age of 21, I will be satisfied.”
-Hmm…
Raon looked at Lars. Surprisingly, the guy just scratched his chin without saying anything.
‘Should I borrow Ra’s’ power now?’
no. Dangerous.
Not only will his identity be revealed, but if the Devil King descends this time, there may be some aftereffects. That should be left as a last resort.
Still, it would be unreasonable to hand over the body itself to Lars. Because the guy who went on a rampage will wipe out all the humans here.
‘Let’s get caught. That’s best.’
Taking someone with you means you have no intention of killing them. Since there was a way to solve Lass by going to the Seonggeomryeon, I decided to follow it.
Raon concluded and nodded.
“If I follow you, will you let Gwangpungdae go?”
“Others probably have no meaning.”
Rektar nodded without even looking at Rimmer and the Frenzy.
“hey!”
“What bullshit!”
“no way!”
“Raon.”
Rimmer and Marta Buren Runan broke the check and came forward, but Raon waved his hand to block them.
“Stay still. “If you see that I’m taking you with me, it means I don’t intend to kill you.”
“But still…”
“That doesn’t mean you’re going to die! “You never know what might happen!”
“You really…”
“This is an order from the temporary head lord. “Everyone go away.”
Raon gave the order to Gwangpungdae and put the Jecheon sword back into its sheath.
“It’s a good decision.”
Rektar stretched out his hand with a weak smile. When his grip obscured my vision, I pulled out my requiem sword with my left hand.
Kyaaaaa!
He lashed out his sword using his sneak attack as much as possible, but the blazing energy of the requiem sword was unable to cut through Rektar’s skin and was pushed back.
“okay. “That is Raon Sieghardt.”
Rektar smiled as if he knew that would happen. He lightly flicked the requiem sword away and stretched out his hand again. The skill of wielding a thousand swords is evident in the lightly thrusting hand. It could not be avoided or prevented.
‘Damn it…’
I was biting my lip and looking at the approaching hand.
Jjijijijijik!
The space between Raon and Rektar split deeply, and a magnificent aura surged out. A blade that tears apart space. It was a slash in space that was impossible to recognize.
“Uhm….”
“Get away from my nephew!”
As Rektar frowned and retreated, the cracked space opened and his sunset-colored hair waved.
“You damn old man!”
