Kyaang!
The moment Muston dropped the sword cut in half, light returned to the eyes of the stunned audience.
“Hey, one sword?”
“The Sword Demon’s disciple was broken with one sword?”
“it’s crazy… .”
“Hey, does this make sense? “Regardless of being the Sword Demon’s disciple, is it possible for a master to defeat the same master with a single sword?”
“I can’t believe it even though I saw it right in front of me… .”
“Joe, don’t you feel a little vain?”
“It’s very vain. They say there’s nothing to eat at the famous feast, but this is bad… .”
The audience sighed deeply at the vain situation in which the long-awaited sparring between Raon and Muston ended in unison.
“ah… .”
Muston’s chin trembled and he looked at the sword cut in half. The middle of the sword body was cut off cleanly, and the broken blade was stuck in the sparring cabinet.
‘What is this?’
I used my teacher’s swordsmanship and lost?
I still couldn’t believe that Sword Demon Rektar’s true martial arts knowledge was broken by that young guy’s single sword. It felt like I was having a nightmare, not reality.
‘It does not make sense.’
Raon Sieghardt has received the title of Sword Dragon, the strongest of the young warriors, so he could lose.
But with a single sword. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand why my teacher’s sword was broken by a not-so-great swordsmanship.
“This isn’t it!”
Muston lifted the broken sword and pointed it at Raon.
“I haven’t lost yet! “I can’t admit it!”
He gritted his teeth, saying he could not accept this defeat.
Tsk.
Raon clicked his tongue briefly as he looked at Muston yelling.
-That’s pathetic.
Lars shook his head with cold eyes, as if looking at an insect.
-He is more ugly than weak.
‘I know. ‘It doesn’t deviate from my expectations one bit.’
Even if it’s just one sword, the game is a game. If it were a real fight, it would have cost him his life.
He couldn’t accept the outcome and insisted on it. Regardless of his skills, it was a waste of character to be a disciple of the Sword Demon.
“Then what are we going to do?”
“Stick again! “I don’t care if it stays like this!”
Muston burned his strength over the half-cut blade, saying he would fight like this.
‘It’s a little annoying, but… .’
It would be best to crush it here.
If Muston shows his true skills, it will be difficult to overpower him, but since he is more excited and aggressive than before, he will be able to win without difficulty.
“Muston.”
When Raon was about to raise the Jecheon Sword again, a sword spirit came up to the sparring room.
Jeez.
Even though his steps were faint, they cut through the noise of the noisy audience and settled softly in my ears.
“S-Master.”
Muston swallowed dry saliva as he looked into the cold, sunken eyes of the Sword Demon.
“This is a sparring match, a duel.”
When the sword demon raised his hand, the sword blade stuck in the sparring hall was pulled out and landed in his hand.
“Even if you lose with one sword, even if you let your guard down, defeat is defeat. “Come down.”
“Ugh… .”
Mouston went down the sparring hall, chewing his lip until it bled.
However, he glared at me with bloodshot eyes as if he would never forget.
“I apologize.”
The Sword Demon came forward and closed his eyes.
“It’s been a while since I came into the world, so I don’t have any manners. “I hope you understand.”
The broken blade on his hand turns into iron dust and scatters. I don’t know whether to call this an apology or a threat.
“it’s okay.”
Raon nodded with a puzzled face.
“Then, the sparring with Mr. Rektar… .”
“You’ll need a break too, so we’ll start in a moment.”
The sword demon told me to come after practicing and then went down to the sparring hall.
“hmm… .”
Raon quenched his appetite while looking at the Sword Demon’s back.
‘It gives you a chance to fight better, so there’s no need to turn it down.’
I nodded and sat down on the chair right below the sparring room.
“What are you really doing?”
“What is it? “He’s crazy!”
Buren let out a sigh, and Marta curled the corners of her mouth.
“Raon. “Good luck.”
Runaan gave a thumbs up as if she had done well.
“Because I will practice. “Please protect me.”
Raon asked the three people to escort him and then closed his eyes.
‘The swordsmanship that Muston showed must have been the martial arts of a swordsman.’
I lowered my eyes, thinking of the parts I could take away from Muston’s swordsmanship.
* * *
“sorry!”
Muston knelt down as soon as the sword demon came down from the sparring hall.
“This ugly bastard has ruined Master’s reputation!”
He hit his head on the ground and screamed.
“but!”
Mouston lifted his bleeding forehead. His eyes were twisted like a demon.
“I was just really caught off guard. If I did my best, I could win… .”
“Muston.”
The Sword Demon looked down at Muston and frowned.
“Did you say you could win if you didn’t let your guard down?”
“That’s right! The fact that he won was just a coincidence! “If you give me a chance to fight again, I will come back with my honor restored!”
“Are you saying you can win without even seeing your opponent?”
“yes?”
Muston could not understand what was being said and opened his mouth in a square shape.
“Your sword was not pointed at that child, it was pointed at me. “Your consciousness was sparring with me, not Raon.”
The Sword Demon looked at his disciple’s trembling shoulders with cool eyes.
“Rather than giving your all to the opponent in front of you, weren’t you just thinking about showing off your advanced swordsmanship to me behind you? “You’re going to beat the kid called Sword Dragon in that condition?”
“Well, that…” .”
Muston was unable to answer and lowered his head.
‘that’s right… .’
The person I wanted to show my swordsmanship to was not Ra On, but my teacher.
In order to prove that he was the only one worthy of being a disciple of the Sword Demon, he used a ten thousand sword that he had not mastered yet and was stabbed with one sword.
‘Damn it!’
I finally found out. Since he only showed clumsy swordsmanship without focusing on his opponent, it was natural for him to lose to Raon, who gave his all.
“It seems like you finally realized it.”
The Sword Demon nodded slowly.
“If you had shown your skills from the beginning instead of imitating my sword, you would have been able to have a good fight with that kid.”
“Ugh… .”
Muston bit his lip and his whole body trembled.
“Today’s defeat will lift you to a higher level, so never forget it for the rest of your life. and… .”
The Sword Demon took a step closer to Muston.
“I will tell you that you are greatly mistaken.”
“yes?”
Muston lifted his head in a daze.
“It wasn’t my choice to have you as my disciple, but I have no intention of turning it down. “You are the only one of my students, so don’t think about unnecessary things and focus on your training.”
The Sword Demon left those words and turned around.
‘If I told you this much, it would be enough.’
Muston had low self-esteem and was easily excited from the beginning, perhaps because he was always concerned about the fact that he was not the student he had personally chosen.
Even if it is a relationship between a priest and an unintentional one, there is no intention to turn back a disciple once he has received it. I hoped that my student’s shortcomings would be corrected through this sparring.
“Whoa… .”
The Sword Demon chewed his lips thinly as he watched Raon practicing with his eyes closed.
‘No matter how much I think about it, it’s strange.’
We didn’t look alike, but we did.
When I look at Raon Sieghardt, that child comes to mind.
Although they had different hair color and eyes from the gorgeous blond-red eyes, the harmony of their features was eerily similar.
‘It brings back bad memories.’
When the Sword Demon looked at Raon and sighed, Muston also glared at Raon and clenched his fists.
* * *
After the first fight ended dully, the gamblers came to their senses and ran to Rimmer’s stand.
“Sieghart’s madness!”
“Hey! “You cheater!”
“Give me my money back!”
“That kind of wretched guy killed Sadorang and Geungju? “Don’t talk nonsense!”
“It’s just crap!”
“I didn’t believe in elves!”
The gamblers rushed in as if they were going to destroy the stall and grabbed Rimmer by the collar. The money was gone so easily that everyone’s eyes were filled with madness.
“Hey!”
Dorian’s lips trembled as he looked at the people’s red eyes.
“Now, everyone, calm down.”
Rimmer waved his hand without the slightest embarrassment to calm the people’s excitement.
“The world of competition is cold-hearted! Although he won with one sword, Raon also suffered quite a bit of damage. “As you can see over there, he is practicing.”
When he pointed to Raon, who was practicing Aurora with his eyes closed, the gamblers’ screams stopped for a moment.
“everyone. There is a saying that a person has three chances. “The first opportunity given to you is to see this match, the second is to bet on this match, and finally, the third opportunity is to have one more chance!”
Both those who won and those who lost opened their mouths at Rimmer’s shout.
“Ki, chance?”
“You have one more chance?”
“What does that mean?”
“For now, let’s leave this behind and everyone take a step back.”
The audience let go of Rimmer’s collar and stepped back.
“As you know, the sparring between Raon and the Sword Demon will begin in a moment. Well, it may be a bit of teaching rather than sparring, but the situation has changed.”
Rimmer pointed at the Sword Demon and smiled coolly.
“Would the Sword Demon just leave Raon, who killed his beloved student with a single sword? There you!”
He pointed to the gambler who had grabbed him by the collar a moment ago.
“What would you do if the guest was a sword demon?”
“If it were me, I would crush it with one single sword.”
“that’s right! The Sword Demon is also human, and his arms are bent inward, so he will hate Raon so much for humiliating his student. Of course, he will crush Raon with one sword. here!”
Rimmer slammed the table and stood up.
“Our third chance begins! Will Raon be able to block the Sword Demon’s single sword or not? From now on, we will open a new board!”
He started a new gamble, saying to start betting right away.
“Wow, crazy… .”
“Is that a bet?”
“that’s right. “No matter how much you are Raon, you can’t withstand the Sword Demon’s sword.”
“okay. “This is something you can’t bet on!”
“Don’t talk nonsense, just use the money…” .”
People were not fools and laughed at him, asking who would bet money on Raon.
While everyone was glaring at Rimer without betting, the Three Princes made their way through the crowd and stood in front of the table.
“I will bet all my winnings and principal that Prosecutor Raon will endure the sword.”
The three princes said they would bet all of their winnings on Raon without having to return them.
“thank you!”
As Rimmer smiled and lowered his head, an Auror message was heard from the three princes.
[You will keep your promise to tell Miss Martha what she likes, right?]
[Oh, of course. When it’s all over, I’ll tell you what he likes best.]
He looked at the three princes and nodded quickly.
‘What he likes is fighting and swearing. Well, is there anything else?’
There was no way Martha would fall for the Three Princes, so all she had to do was sing whatever she liked and move on.
“Dorian. “Write it down well.”
“yes!”
Dorian nodded and wrote down the three princes’ bets in the ledger.
“Now, wait a minute, didn’t the prince bet 500 gold coins earlier?”
“It did. That would have been 1,000 now… .”
“You’re betting it all?”
“Oh my god… .”
“What kind of strong heart is this?”
People gulped their saliva as they looked at the three princes who had bet money.
“I, I’m heading towards the Sword Demon!”
“me too!”
“Holy shit! “I’m using up my emergency fund!”
“Third chance! that’s right! “If nothing else, you should take the third chance!”
“Camelun Galkniaaaa!”
Those who won and those who lost reinvested the money, and the table began to fill up with money.
Rimmer grinned as he looked at the pile of money creating a shadow.
After completing the exercises, he opened his eyes and bowed his head with both hands to Raon, praying fervently.
Oh my god!
* * *
Raon shook his head as he looked at Rimmer’s gambling house, which was in chaos again.
‘That person will not starve to death wherever he goes.’
The fact that he took advantage of a moment of crisis was something I could admire.
-I want to pluck those elongated ears!
Lars said he was angry and waved his round fist in the air.
‘okay. I get annoyed when I look at it.’
Raon smiled and went up to the sparring hall. His body also relaxed, and his auror was filled with practice, so he was in better condition than when he fought Mouston.
The Sword Demon who was looking this way nodded his head and walked up the sparring hall.
“Are you ready?”
“yes.”
Raon nodded heavily.
“Thank you for giving enlightenment to my student.”
The Sword Demon looked back at Muston and narrowed his eyes.
“This kid has a lot of shortcomings because he doesn’t have much experience. “Thanks to your teachings, I will be able to climb to greater heights.”
“That’s a good thing.”
Contrary to the Sword Demon’s words, Raon quenched his appetite while looking at Muston, who still had a murderous look in his eyes.
“Since you enlightened your disciple with one sword, I also intend to end my sparring with you with one sword. Would you like to take it?”
“It is an honour.”
I slowly took a breath and pulled out my sword.
“Then let’s go.”
The Sword Demon drew his sword from a distance of more than ten steps.
A slightly red blade stood in the sky. I could feel the grand spirit of his sword form, which was too natural to be considered top-tier.
Gooooooo!
His sword slowly lowers. It was just a sword so slow that even a child could dodge it with a smile, but it made my heart feel so tight that it felt like it was going to explode.
‘What’s this… .’
The speed was so slow that it made me yawn, and I had no idea how to block a sword that wasn’t even clad in sword energy, let alone strength.
“Ugh!”
If you dodge, you die, and if you block, you die.
My body is crushed by the pressure of the sword that seems to contain the whole world.
My bones are screaming, I can’t even breathe. I was almost suspicious of how humans could use such swordsmanship.
-It’s a fun education.
Lars tasted it as if he was interested. The guy’s voice came to her senses as if cold water had been poured over her.
‘I can’t let it go on like this.’
Somehow… .
The ring of fire was activated by stimulating the heart that seemed to have hardened.
The slowly rotating rings resonated, relieving the pressure of the body as if it had been wrapped in iron chains.
However, even though the ring of fire resonated, there was still no way to stop the sword. The only way to avoid it was to kneel and bend over him.
‘Are you saying you want to get paid for humiliating your student?’
The Sword Demon’s sword seen in front of me was an absolute sword, but when seen from the side, it only looked slow, like a joke.
It seems like he wants to repay his disciple for the shame he suffered.
‘If I’m being honest, it’s a little dirty… .’
I was boiling inside because I had no idea that the famous Sword Demon would come out like this.
Raon bit his lip so hard that it bled and grabbed his sword.
‘It won’t work with the sword I have until now.’
No sword technique I have ever practiced, learned, or made can block the Sword Demon’s sword.
‘If it doesn’t work out the way it was before… .’
You can go further.
He held the Sword Demon’s sword in his eyes and used the ring of fire with polarity.
Cheeeeee!
The resonance of the ring stimulates the upper part of the body that has not yet fully opened. My brain felt as if it was going to burn, and a new perspective opened up.
The slow-moving sword of the Sword Demon appeared rather quickly, and the sword skills contained within it unfolded like a panorama.
‘This sword… .’
It was the same swordsmanship that Muston showed, but the degree of perfection was on a different level.
The majesty of the Mangeom, which contained numerous swordsmanship techniques, was roaring towards the world.
The Sword Demon’s eyes, seen behind the completed Ten Thousand Swords, were dry. He had an unimpressed expression, as if he was crushing an insect to death.
When I found out the identity of that sword and saw the look in the Sword Demon’s eyes filled with ignorance, I didn’t want to collapse like this.
Wooooow!
The seven rings of fire converged as one, and the energy of the whole world felt as if the mana in my body had transformed into nature.
Fast, slow, heavy, light, strong, soft, flexible, firm, colorful, and fantastic sword of the swordsman.
The conflicting and inseparable techniques of swordsmanship were concentrated in that single sword.
‘If it was my first time, I would never have been able to stop it. but… .’
I have seen a sword greater than mine, closer than anyone else.
Although the flow was different, I had seen the warrior’s sword behind his back that united all the groups in the world.
Glenn Sieghart.
The price for seeing his back is high.
Because he saw the sword of the King of Northern Destruction, he was able to get down from the front and show his teeth without bending even after seeing the ten thousand swords.
moving forward
One step and two steps.
I pictured in my mind the sword of the Transcendant that pushed back the White Blood Cult leader and Tacheon with one sword.
The ring of fire, which rotated to its limit, twisted as if it would break, creating a huge sound.
The world of imagery.
In the white space that was once filled with only sword buds, a sword stem slowly sprouts.
I adjusted my sword while enjoying the pain that felt like my brain was burning to the ground.
Gooooo!
Using the heat of the manga ball and the coldness of Glacia at the same time, I took a step with my left foot.
Coooooo!
The footprints carrying the weight of 10,000 pounds created a huge crack in the sparring hall.
As I inherited that majestic power from my waist, I thought about the martial arts skills I had accumulated over the years.
You can’t contain everything.
Didn’t Muston show it? That a single sword that cannot be cohesive is useless.
I only put into myself the sword skills that I had continuously trained until now.
Fast, strong, colorful, and accurate, Raon Sieghardt’s sword soared with a magnificent glow.
