EP.51 Plum Blossom Sword Dragon (1)
Plum Blossom Sword Dragon (1)
The Namgung family, the biggest pillar of the Jeongpa faction, is a renowned swordsman.
As the name suggests, it was a place where the extremes of sword use were achieved.
Endlessly training the mind and body to contain all enlightenment in one sword.
A place where one can practice without stopping in order to reach the highest level that can be reached through inspection.
That was the meaning of the swordsmanship.
The evidence for this is the swordsmanship used by Namgung’s blood relatives, such as the Emperor’s Sword and the representative swordsmanship, Changgungmuae Sword.
Before the appearance of the Sword Master, Sega had always had the name of the best sword in the world.
However, up to now, the position has tended to be somewhat shaky.
The name of the best sword in the world belongs to Sword Lord Wihyogun.
On the other hand, Namgung Jeolcheon, one of the three Lords, was given the arrogant name of Heaven, but that was not the name he had hoped for.
He wished to walk the heavens as a swordsman, but his name became Wei Xiaojun. The meaning of the Heavenly King has faded.
In addition to that, Namgung Cheonjun, who was said to be the representative of the late intellectuals of the time, was also given the nickname Brain Dragon.
Namgung Cheonjun has an excellent performance index, but he is not the best.
The first was clearly Geombong Gu Hee-bi.
Moreover, Namgung Cheonjun did not have the name Geomryong, let alone Gu Hee-bi.
He is called a brain dragon because he uses a brain weapon and a sword, but he is a descendant of a swordsman and never had the name of a swordsman.
Because of that, Namgung Cheonjun cried tears of blood and lashed out, but the result was no different.
This generation’s sword dragon was not Namgung’s, but Hwasan’s.
Plum Blossom Sword Dragon of the Volcano.
There was a young man who was the youngest plum blossom swordsman in the volcano, and who would later be called the plum blossom absolute swordsman.
A man whose talent with swordsmanship was considered limitless.
A peerless genius who blossomed with the tip of his sword at a very young age and solidified his position as a swordsman.
There he is standing in front of me.
He looks two or three years older than me, and his hair is tied up tightly and neatly, giving him a neat appearance.
He was a handsome man with eyes that looked somewhat malevolent, but there was a strange sense of determination mixed in them.
“Small group.”
The sword dragon asks me.
“How can you feel the energy of a volcano in Sohyeop?”
I realized something was fucked up with his question.
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The incident dates back to some time ago.
Seven days and seven nights had passed since the mind method had reached level 4, and more than two weeks had passed since he had set out on the path to the volcano.
I remember the moment I showed up in the morning as a 4-star and Mooyeon looked at me and her eyes shook like crazy.
Compared to before, it felt like I could win against Namgung Cheonjun without much difficulty.
Of course, if Namgung had grown up in the meantime, then it would have been different.
Now, if I were to be exact, it felt like I had reached the level of a talented later index.
From my current age, it would have seemed like a huge achievement to Mooyeon.
Reality was a mongrel surrounded by unexpected coincidences and shortcuts… .
No matter what happened in the end, the fact remained that I had reached 4 stars.
It is also the season of the nine-legged race that dramatically increases physical abilities by holding heat inside the body rather than outside.
Now it can be used without significant physical strain.
Of course, it was the same that it couldn’t last long because it was so greedy and took a bet.
Hehehe!
thud-!
The monster screams and falls down.
The heavy body suddenly fell to the ground, causing dust to fly up.
Looking at the fallen creature, I saw that it was a monster with the appearance of a horse.
I think the name was Noctuma (Green Fighting Horse).
“It suddenly pops out, startling people.”
Hurrah!
As soon as the battle was over, he took back the bet he had been wearing on his body.
The reason I suddenly caught a monster was because a magic gate opened before my eyes while I was hiking.
Since I was now a 4-star player, I decided to run among the escorts to loosen up my body.
It seemed like Muyeon also felt my inaction and didn’t necessarily tell me not to do it.
If we were to summarize the battle just now, it was definitely different from before.
The physical overload caused by the heat that I had been feeling steadily also decreased, and as my internal energy increased, my destructive power and speed increased.
Now, I think we have barely reached the first-class level.
Considering the age of the current life, it was a fairly fast time.
For comparison, we can cite Gu Hee-bi as an example, who became a royal concubine at the age of seventeen.
Since Gu Hee-bi, who was said to be the best in the history of Guga, was like that, the attention she received when she returned to Sega would be quite harsh.
‘Elder Lee’s gaze must be quite burdensome.’
Maybe he’ll run at me with a roaring laugh.
And the elders might also find me quite annoying.
After the friction with the ridge leaves, he doesn’t show any other movements, but he is probably thinking of another way.
That may not be a very good direction, though.
‘If possible, I’d like to stay still.’
I hoped that he would not show any ambition and would just quietly try to keep his position.
If an old wolf were to show its teeth for no reason, it would be a pain to deal with it.
“But if they insist on pushing it out, I’ll have to pull them all out.”
“What did you say, my lord?”
“It’s nothing serious. I just have a cavity in my mouth, but it doesn’t hurt yet, so I’m leaving it alone.”
“Are you talking about cavities?”
“Yeah, I hope it doesn’t hurt anymore. If it bothers you, you’ll have to pull it out.”
If left in a sick state, it would rot away, so it had to be pulled out.
“Training is over!”
One of the escorts shouted.
I asked Muyeon with a calm face.
“What are you going to do with the bones and skin?”
“I’ll probably take some with me, but I think I’ll have to throw most of it away.”
“That’s too bad.”
The skin and bones of monsters are valuable.
The leather is much tougher and stronger than that of ordinary animals, so it has many uses, and in the case of some special monsters, it is also used as a material for the spirit sword.
Although it is the lowest green-grade monster, it is still a bit disappointing because it costs money.
“You’re not even halfway there yet…?”
It feels like we’ve been traveling for a long time, but we still have a lot more to go.
At this point, I felt like I was being too selfish for being tricked by Taeseondan and insisting on going.
‘No, if it’s at the level of Taeseondan… Yeah, if it’s at the level of Taeseondan, it would be doable.’
I spent each day repeating that to myself.
I guess I wasn’t cut out for long distance travel.
As I lean back on the carriage to start off again, Wi Seol-ah, who was sitting next to me, comes and sniffs around.
What the heck, is he a puppy now…?
He was doing such a weird thing that I ended up hitting him with a stick without realizing it.
“urg!”
Wi Seol-ah screamed briefly and stepped back.
Only then did I remember that the swordsman was riding a horse in front of me.
It was an instinctive thing to hit my granddaughter in front of the sword master, but the chills I felt after doing it made me break out in a cold sweat.
I glanced at him furtively and saw that Geomjon was riding his horse without seeming to care at all.
“… What’s wrong? Why are you sniffing all of a sudden?”
I couldn’t bring myself to ask why he smelled like a dog, so I became somewhat accustomed to it.
Wi Seol-ah says, rubbing her forehead.
“You smell like flowers to me, my lord.”
“What kind of flower scent?”
“I don’t know… Anyway, does it smell like flowers?”
I pointed to the corner of the carriage with my hand at Weiseol-ah’s words.
“It’s not me, it’s me over there.”
There was a small box sitting in the corner of the carriage, which contained the valuables I had been carrying around.
I had it in my arms, and the scent of plum blossoms was so strong that I even bought a box to put it in.
Thanks to this, storage has become easier and there is no longer any smell or light spreading.
I started to watch the box often with a somewhat uneasy heart, but it was okay.
This is better than just sucking out the spirit of a ghost… .
“… No, it definitely came from you, Master.”
I ignored Wi Seol-ah’s mutterings.
I was just leaving it alone because I thought that something was a bit strange today, since he was muttering to himself while holding the box containing the valuables earlier.
What did you say? Was it ‘Hello, Grandpa. Who are you?’?
He seemed a bit tired today, so I had a hard time talking to him.
Talking to myself was never scary.
‘Where in the world are there ghosts?’
I went back in time and even regressed, but I didn’t believe in ghosts.
… Again, it’s not scary…
There’s no way someone from Mine would be afraid of ghosts.
I ignored the cold sweat flowing down my face for some unknown reason and closed my eyes.
I was just thinking about getting to the volcano quickly.
‘Bastard long distance, let me see you again.’
I made a promise to myself that if I could just do this one thing, I would stay quietly in Sega for a year and just do what I had to do.
The carriage continued on for some more time.
I was also half asleep.
I had to run without stopping because I had to get as far as possible before night came.
How long had we been going forward like that? Suddenly, the carriage jerked and came to an abrupt stop.
The sudden stop caused my body to be thrown forward.
“Eww!”
Wi Seol-ah staggers and tries to fall.
Before I could even come to my senses, I placed a bet and blocked the attack with my arm to prevent Weiseol-ah from getting hurt.
It wasn’t a huge backlash, but it was something you never know.
Fortunately, Wi Seol-ah didn’t seem to be hurt anywhere, except for her hair, which was messed up from the stumble.
I immediately opened the carriage door and went out.
“what’s the matter.”
There was anger in my voice without me knowing it.
It was because I was forcibly woken up from my sound sleep.
As I went outside with a frown on my face, someone was standing in front of the escorts.
“…What.”
My mouth, which was about to ask what was going on, automatically shut itself. The person blocking the carriage was wearing a familiar outfit.
Red petals embroidered on a pure white uniform.
A plum blossom design engraved on the sword worn at the waist.
There was only one place where a warrior was seen walking around in such a conspicuous uniform.
The place that I personally destroyed together with Cheonma in my previous life.
“I apologize for being so rude because I had something to ask you.”
A soft voice flows out of the young man’s mouth.
It was a gentle voice that matched his appearance well.
It’s a familiar sight and a familiar voice.
It was I who broke his neck and finished it off, not anyone else…
The last master of the volcano.
“My name is Youngpung of the Hwasanpa.”
He was the man who was called Plum Blossom Sword, or rather, Plum Blossom Sword Dragon now.
“If you are an unmanned volcano, is it okay for you to do something this dangerous?”
Moo-yeon asks Young-poong a question.
I think it was something that appeared in front of me and blocked me.
Originally, it was my job as the person in charge to take care of it, but since I was momentarily absent-minded and couldn’t come to my senses, it was Moo-yeon who stepped in.
Yeongpung apologizes repeatedly with a troubled expression on his face at Muyeon’s words.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to block your path, but I had to step forward to check something.”
“What do you want to check?”
“I wanted to check if there were any of our disciples in that carriage.”
The direction that Youngpung pointed to was the carriage I was in.
What does this mean? The volcano’s gatekeeper.
No one understood what he was saying when he suddenly blurted it out.
“I felt a familiar aura from afar, so I came here to check, and fortunately, it seems like there is no problem.”
Yeong-pung lets out a sigh of relief, as if he is truly relieved.
“However, I still wonder. If there is no volcano gatekeeper inside here.”
A familiar scent brushes the tip of your nose along with Youngpung’s words.
It was the plum blossom scent that I had been sick of for the past dozen days.
The scent was close.
It was because Youngpung had arrived in front of me in an instant from where he was far away.
“Small group.”
Yeongpung’s voice is low and firm, as if it were affectionate.
That voice overlapped in my ears with the voice that had been wailing beneath the collapsing volcano.
[What did we do wrong…!! How can you do this to us!!]
“How can you feel the energy of a volcano in Sohyeop?”
I swallowed my breath at Youngpoong’s question.
And I thought.
Oh, this is really… .
[This is fucked.]
I feel like I’m screwed…
“huh…?”
