< Chapter 91 - Night at Argonne Harbor #2 >
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One day, one of the dwarven craftsmen of the Seven Seekers had a thought.
What is the ultimate sword?
What is the strongest sword?
Is a sword that simply has the strongest attack power the ultimate sword?
No it wasn’t.
I had a feeling that wasn’t the case.
The sharpest, the hardest in the world – these were things that could not be properly proven.
“Then what is the strongest?”
How can I prove that I am the strongest?
“The strongest sword is the one that can defeat the strongest. That is the ultimate goal we must pursue.”
It was a story that started to get a little strange, but once they got hooked, the ancient dwarves would just run forward without looking back.
The dwarf who first came up with the idea gathered together dwarves who had similar thoughts, and the dwarves who gathered together became one of the seven guilds of the Sword Seekers.
“A sword that can defeat the strongest. To do that, what is needed is someone who is recognized as the strongest by everyone.”
The gods of heaven have left the earth.
The demons of hell were banished from the earth.
So then, what would be the strongest remaining on earth?
“Dragon.”
The strongest race.
Those who were born as the king of the birds and the king of the beasts of the field.
A descendant of the One King who inherited the vein of fantasy.
“We will defeat the strongest and achieve the ultimate.”
And thus the Dragon Vein Guild was created.
A group of dwarves who pursue dragon slaughter.
In fact, it did have some practical purposes.
This is because dragons and ancient dwarves were often in conflict over control of the mountain range.
In fact, many of the dwarves in the Dragon Vein Guild had lost relatives in battles with dragons.
“plural.”
One of the words that symbolizes the characteristics of ancient dwarves.
The dwarves’ obsession to never forget what they’ve been through and to avenge their grudges.
Of course, most of the dragons that opposed the dwarves were adult dragons – that is, regular adult dragons.
Even for the ancient dwarves, it would have been difficult to fight against the Ancient Dragon, which could be considered a transcendent being among dragons.
“So, go beyond that crowd.”
“A sword that can defeat something like an adult dragon is not enough.”
The goal is to become the true strongest.
The ultimate sword that can even defeat an ancient dragon.
The Dragonbane Guild was originally founded by a dwarf named Valoran who was born and raised in the Sword Seekers, but it was the dragon hunter Kandermic who actually led the Dragonbane Guild.
Having lost all his loved ones to the ancient dragon that invaded his mountain range, as well as one of his own eyes, he burned his soul to create a sword that could even kill the ancient dragon.
But it was an ancient dragon.
Even among the strongest race of dragons, he was a being with transcendent powers, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a god who descended to the earth.
The dwarves of Kandermic and the Dragonbane Guild created the ‘Dragon Slayer Series’, which became the object of fear, resentment, and hatred for countless dragons, but none of them could reach the Ancient Dragon.
It was an ancient dragon that reigned too high to be reached with a single sword.
But Kandermic and the dwarves did not give up easily.
Another word that symbolizes the ancient dwarves is burning obsession, failing and failing again.
And then one day.
After countless failures, they were able to arrive at one answer.
No, one answer came as a response to their obsession.
“Do you want strength?”
The one who faced the old and tired Kandermic was an ancient dragon on the verge of death.
An ancient dragon that hates ancient dragons.
A being who lost everything he loved, and even his own life, to an ancient dragon like himself.
“Do you want revenge?”
The Ancient Dragon smiled at Kandermic’s question.
He nodded to the man who had suffered the same fate as he, who had answered his own question with a question.
She gave him everything she had.
“Ultimate Three.”
The third of the seven ultimate swords created by Sword Seeker.
A dragon-slaying sword made from the spirit and flesh of an ancient dragon.
It was the birth of Ascalon.
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Dragon’s breath split.
The power that symbolized the dragon’s strength destroyed the ground and shook the plaza even while it was split, but that only caused even greater surprise.
“Dragon Bane Ascalon.”
Kaisa, who was hugging Scarlett tightly, said with a blank expression.
The sword of the great hero Carlos.
The legendary sword he used to defeat the ancient black dragon Malekith.
Caesar’s heart began to beat like crazy.
It was only natural that the legend I had longed for since childhood had become reality and appeared before my eyes.
“Ahh, ahhh.”
My body was burning up.
I couldn’t contain my excitement.
Even though he had two black dragons right in front of him, all his attention was focused on Yuder and the Ascalon he was holding.
“Wait, wait.”
Just then Scarlett spoke.
She too was impressed by the might of Uther who forged the dragon’s breath and the Ascalon he held in his hand, but she was a little different from Kai’sa.
She was a log master, you know.
‘I need the dragon’s argument.’
Dragon Bane Ascalon – To properly use that dragon’s destruction, the dragon’s factor was needed.
In other words, it was a sword that normal humans couldn’t use properly in the first place.
Even Carlos was a quarter dragon with the blood of a dragon.
But the moment Scarlett thought that, the moment she was about to reveal her knowledge, she closed her mouth again. She swallowed the words that had risen to her throat and exclaimed in admiration once more.
“The dragon… the person?”
It was Scarlett’s first time seeing Ascalon, but she could tell.
Ascalon was crying.
Ascalon was roaring in Uther’s hands.
‘What, you’re the descendant of a dragon?’
No it wasn’t.
It wasn’t like that.
Unlike Cordelia, Uther was a pure human.
But Uther had the dragon’s factor.
And it wasn’t just Uder’s story.
“Guardian of the Wild.”
Cordelia said with a grin.
The same pattern appeared on the backs of her and Yuder’s hands.
The golden dragon emblem.
A symbol of protection granted by the Golden Dragon, the god of the wild lands.
In the original, there was no way to properly use Dragonbane Ascalon.
Because none of the playable characters had the blood of a dragon.
But it was reality.
And now, the dragon factor existed for Uther and Cordelia.
“Hehehe, hehehe.”
Cordelia, whose game brain started to work, let out a laugh, and Uder responded to Ascalon’s roar. He activated the dragon factor contained in the golden dragon’s emblem and accepted Ascalon’s power.
And at that moment.
“The next generation is shameless.”
Time has stopped.
The scene before my eyes changed.
A world where the sky and the earth are pitch black.
And then a voice full of complaints was heard from behind.
“Belen… Lady Sia?”
Yuder turned around with a start and broke out in a cold sweat without realizing it.
Because Belencia, with her cheeks puffed out, was glaring at me with her cold eyes.
“Two legs.”
“No, that······.”
“Adulterer.”
“Excuse me, over there?”
“transformation.”
“excuse me.”
“You said you would only look at me for the rest of your life.”
“yes?”
Have you ever done that?
Are you going to use another sword?
‘No, that’s why I really sound like trash.’
Yuder shook his head to regain consciousness and spoke urgently.
“Lady Velencia! This is an emergency!”
“flirt.”
“Ugh.”
If you think about it, it was she who put down the sword altogether, saying that it seemed like she was cheating after obtaining the Sword Origin.
From her perspective, Yuder’s actions were no different from the affair itself.
‘No, what’s the affair? We just use it together!’
Yuder, trying to calm his excitement, spoke quickly.
“Lord Velencia, I had no choice but to use two swords. However, I hope you understand that it is to deal with dragons.”
“Are you saying you’re going to cheat on me now? Are you declaring a harem?”
“No······.”
Why is this windy?
‘Come to think of it, you didn’t say anything to Cordelia, did you?’
But that was to be expected.
Velencia was asserting herself as a sword.
“Haa, really, there’s nothing we can do about future generations.”
“Lady Velencia?”
“I will give special permission. As Hudai said, this is an emergency. Hudai’s cultivation is still lacking.”
In other words, since he was weak now, he was allowed to use two swords.
“Thank you so much. I will make sure you don’t regret it.”
“That’s some real flirtatious talk.”
Belencia, who spoke with her eyes narrowed, sighed again and said with her shoulders slumped.
“Anyway, let’s hurry. Although time flows slowly in the conscious world, it’s not completely stopped. It won’t be long before we can maintain the current flow of time.”
Every word was correct.
But why on earth are you telling me to hurry?
“That’s right, it’s about meeting her. We’re destined to be together from now on, so shouldn’t we at least introduce ourselves?”
Her.
A partner with whom you will share your future destiny.
Uder turned around naturally.
I looked beyond the darkness and recognized a gigantic being.
Ancient Blue Dragon Ascalon.
A dragon that hates dragons.
A being that became a sword spirit by melting both spirit and flesh into the Ultimate Three.
A woman stood over the head of a blue dragon that was lying on the ground as if it were dead.
Long, sky-blue hair and white, flowing clothes reminiscent of a goddess.
She raised her head, her eyes closed with a gloomy expression.
He spoke with his eyes still closed.
“Do you want power?”
There was no such thing as introducing oneself.
The space was distorted, and Uder was in front of the woman. Belencia, who was standing next to Uder, glared at the woman warily, but the woman did not stop. She continued to speak with her eyes closed.
All that mattered to her was her will to kill Yongsal and her revenge.
“If you want power-”
It was a cliche line, but I liked it.
Uther took the hand the woman held out, and Velencia grabbed Uther’s other hand as if she couldn’t give up.
While Velencia’s hands were hot, the woman’s hands were cold.
The woman slowly opened her eyes.
He concluded his speech by looking at Yuder with his piercing blue eyes.
“-I will give it to you.”
The power to bring about the dragon’s destruction.
A blue light appeared.
It swallowed up everything around it.
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“Uder!”
Cordelia shouted, and Uther’s eyes opened with a flash.
In front of my eyes, once again, two adult black dragons opened their mouths.
Consecutive breath weapons.
It was quite a lot for them too.
Ascalon, held in Uther’s hand, forced them to dominate.
And then Uther realized.
Although it was only the first stage, it brought out Ascalon’s true power.
Kaaa …
Ascalon roared.
A roar that only dragons could hear filled the harbor, and the dragons that had just opened their mouths to fire their breath weapons screamed and flapped their wings, rising into the air as if trying to escape.
Dragon Fear that overwhelms dragons.
Ascalon’s sword was pure white.
It was a two-handed sword that was closer to a claymore than a typical longsword, and the blade and handle were connected as one without any distinct distinction.
And the blue gem.
A brilliant blue thing, like the eye of Ascalon, embedded in the part connecting the hilt and the blade.
Ascalon granted power to Uther.
The blue light of the dragon’s aura was shining on the white sword.
The scales and hide of the black dragon were powerless against the power of the dragon’s sword.
“Kyaak!”
“Keeak!”
Two black dragons howled and shook in the sky, and Cordelia, who had been smiling, looked straight ahead in surprise.
Mateo and his men were running towards us.
Moreover, they were not the only ones.
Cordelia instinctively turned and looked up at the sky.
“This is crazy.”
There were things covering the black night sky.
A dragon belonging to Malekith’s black dragonflight.
Sicily no longer spared her troops.
After revealing the card called Mateo, he poured out all the troops under his command.
‘Ascalon.’
The dragonslayer sword that defeated Malekith.
That was something that had to be taken away. It had to be seized.
“Kwaaak!”
The wyverns and drakes came charging, roaring. And they weren’t coming.
“The ground is shaking.”
It was just as Caesar said.
The ground shook as the hordes charged from afar.
Boar-mancers of the Black Hand mercenary group.
Having lost their master, Gamor Khan, they fell under the command of Sicilia, and now at this moment they are on the battlefield at her call.
“You are a minister.”
Mateo said with a smile.
The number of monsters he was leading right now was in the dozens.
Here, more than twenty inspectors from the Count Lucilia family were added, and with dozens of dragons from the sky and a hundred wild boars from the ground, the force was truly formidable.
Moreover, aren’t there two adult black dragons in the sky?
‘The seven southern families cannot come forward.’
The Argonne ports were a royal fief.
It was a sort of neutral territory for the Seven Southern Clans, and so the Seven Southern Clans had only a very small number of private soldiers within Argonne Harbor.
‘At most, about ten to twenty.’
The Seven Southern Clans would not have come out in such numbers. They would have been anxious to protect their homes or escape.
‘Even if the Knights come out, it won’t be of any use.’
The Royal Order of Sirion, which guards the Argonne Port.
But there were only about twenty of them at most. The number of guards was also only about thirty, so if you stood up in this position, you would only end up dying a dog’s death.
“It’s like a promised victory for us.”
Mateo spoke softly and drew his sword, and so did his men.
“Fuck, shit.”
Kaisa, who had been blushing and delighting like a child at the power of Ascalon displayed by Uther, was different now.
He stiffened at the ominous atmosphere surrounding him, then quickly turned to Cordelia and spoke.
“That thing just now! Moonlight!”
Space jumping using moon crystals.
But it was impossible right now.
The Moon Crystal’s space jump, which could be used three times a day, required some preparation time for each use.
“It’s cool time.”
“What is that!”
But I could tell just from the way Cordelia answered. It seemed like she couldn’t use it right away.
“What the hell.”
Caesar, who had been cursing again, took a deep breath and pulled out the axe on his back.
From this point on, I just went crazy and ran wild.
Because Kaisa Orphan was a brave wolf, not a scared puppy.
“A head-on confrontation is foolish. We must find a way out.”
Scarlett spoke quickly, her saber hanging down. Cordelia nodded and unfurled her wings, her hair turning black. It was the power of the Archangel.
And Jude looked up to the sky.
He took in the sight of the black dragons preparing their magic high in the sky as if guarding Ascalon, the dragons flying in from far away, and the Black Hand mercenaries still charging forward, making the ground shake.
‘Do not be afraid, my darling, for I am with you.’
Sword Origin Velencia.
Uder smiled at her words.
Surrounded by countless enemies, he was in the worst possible situation, but instead of trembling in fear, he turned his head cheerfully. He looked into Cordelia’s face.
“Yuderya?”
“You still don’t know?”
What does this mean?
How can you not know?
So Cordelia looked into Jude’s eyes and immediately understood. She realized what she had missed while being distracted by the troops surrounding them, including Mateo.
That’s why he had a bright smile just like Yuder.
“What, are you two crazy?”
Scarlett nodded at Caesar’s question. It was a question she had wanted to ask as well.
But that wasn’t the case.
The magic of the black dragons in the sky is complete, and the dragons and boar beastmen who have closed the distance are howling, and at this moment, Mateo, a member of the Ten Swordsmen, closes the distance.
Uther looked at the night sky.
And then the expected thing happened.
The cries of crows could be heard from afar.
“The Sword Demon Kamael.”
Jinju artificial intelligence from the first volume of Heroes’ Chronicles.
The foremost of the four great swordsmen representing the Pleiades.
The front line of wild boar men who had been blindly charging collapsed.
A ray of blue light swept through them, and red blood spurted out. The corpses of the boar-men, cleanly cut in two, rolled around on the frost-white floor.
And the flock of crows scattered.
In the meantime, a pitch-black inspector with white hair appeared.
Caesar opened his eyes wide.
Scarlett’s eyes sparkled as she looked up at the sky.
Cordelia said with a bright smile.
“Saint Angel Lena.”
Pure white light poured down from the sky.
Dozens of swords of light engulfed the front ranks of the dragons, just like the Judgement Day that Cordelia had used.
“Kwaaah!”
“Kaaaak! Kak!”
Several wyverns and a couple of drakes in the lead crashed to the ground.
The dragons that had been flying forward with great momentum stopped and expressed their instinctive fear at the pure white angel standing before them.
Members of the Order of the Holy Cross.
Arriving at Port Argon a few days before Uther and Cordelia, they performed their mission well.
I summoned the swordsman Kamael and the holy angel Lena to this place.
And there’s another thing that the appearance of those two means.
Mateo shuddered at the eerie sensation stabbing his back. For the first time since he had arrived at the Ten Swordsman’s seat, he looked back in fear.
It wasn’t just that.
The entire force mobilized by Sicily was aware of his presence. It was too great a presence to be anything but.
One who stands tall above the earth.
A giant standing in the middle of the street that crosses the central square.
“May your muscles always be with you!”
Cordelia shouted in joy.
Kaiser was so surprised that he jumped up and down in place, and Scarlett swallowed dryly at the legend’s appearance.
And he responded to all those eyes and attention.
“A heart of steel, an unyielding will, a peerless physique.”
Two adult black dragons.
Dozens of dragons and hundreds of wild boar people.
Matteo Lucilia, a heavy sword that is considered to be above average among the ten swordsmen of the kingdom.
The twenty elite prosecutors he trained.
Now, there are more than a hundred monsters and more than ten low-level mines.
There were many enemies. They were powerful enough to destroy a city at any given time.
But he wasn’t afraid at all.
Instead, he said with a smile like the sun.
“If it’s six doors, I’ll make rice cakes.”
Iron Man Landius.
The strongest force in human history shook the entire Argon Port.
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