#68. Holy sword Excalibur!
“What… “What now?”
William looked at Damdeok with a dumbfounded face.
The secretary hurries over and wipes William’s wet shirt.
Damdeok looked at William blankly.
“Didn’t you say you could give it all? “Is Excalibur a bit difficult?”
William’s face flushed red.
Excalibur.
It is the strongest sword in existence on Earth, and the ancient sword of King Arthur, which has been passed down in legend.
If I had to grade it, it was a sword of such high value that it wouldn’t be surprising if it were rated 9-star or even 10-star right away.
‘Fuck! Are you crazy? Or are you just floating around?’
William continued to wipe his sweat with a handkerchief and looked at Damdeok’s expression.
No matter which country in the world you go to, Excalibur is not presented as a negotiating weapon.
why?
of course!
Excalibur was stolen by grave robbers in the 1800s and has never been found!
Rumors abound that it was cursed and buried under lava in a volcano, or that it was submerged in the middle of the South Pacific, but no one has ever actually seen it.
What that Asian young man was asking for now was the same as asking for an imaginary animal, a unicorn.
If you look at it from the line of general common sense, that is.
however,
‘Calm down, William. calm down. There is absolutely no way the information was leaked… It is a fact that only a few people know that we have obtained Excalibur… !’
But coincidentally, the Midas Company succeeded in obtaining Excalibur, which had been missing for 300 years, just a few days ago.
In all kinds of illegal ways that ordinary people can’t even imagine.
William bit his fingernails and looked at Damdeok’s expression.
You’re definitely going to try it, right?
Yeah, that’s definitely floating… !
After thinking, William smiled and tried to change the mood.
“… haha. Mr. Yu, you are joking too much. Excalibur. That’s just a legend, right? “Don’t you need the dragon’s horn?”
The reception staff behind us burst out laughing at the American joke.
However, Ju Soo-yul, who was sitting next to Damdeok, had an expressionless expression the entire time.
“haha… hmm… Huh! Anyway, Hunter. Let’s leave the jokes aside and get to the point. If you’ve been craving Excalibur, we’ll give you a very realistic fake as a gift. Now, can you tell me what you really want?”
Damdeok’s face hardened.
“I already told you what I wanted.”
“ha… Mr. Yu, that doesn’t make sense… .”
“Please stop. “Because I knew everything.”
William’s gestures stopped.
The atmosphere suddenly became cold.
Ju Soo-yul smiled as he watched William’s expression change from moment to moment.
‘Anyway… Damdeok Yoo This guy is no ordinary crazy person.’
A conversation I had a while ago on the way to Midas’ company came to mind.
「… what? You want to receive Excalibur? “You mean that ancient sword of King Arthur?”
“okay. Because I can’t get stronger through a part-time job right now. Wouldn’t it be better to at least upgrade your weapons?”
“Yes, but that sword has long since disappeared.”
“Kkeke, I thought that was the case too, but it turned out not to be the case.”
This is what Damdeok said while smiling.
The banquet hall of the gods.
At a time when everyone was in an excited mood, Thor, who was very drunk, started talking about various things.
“joy! There is no end to the cruelty of humans these days! Arthur, if that guy had seen it, he would have thrown them all in the poop… Hmm… .」
It is said that Thor and King Arthur were old friends.
It was purely coincidental.
While listening to Thor’s boring saga, I heard the story of a terrible contract killer related to Excalibur.
‘I can’t believe I’m thinking of using it like this.’
It was not unreasonable to be impressed by the address.
“how… “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
William casted the flippers sticking out skill.
Of course, Damdeok did not give in at all.
“Think about it carefully. I know not only the current location of Excalibur, but also how and by what means it was obtained. Honestly, I’m a little worried. What would happen to the company’s position if the world knew that fact… .”
Damdeok trailed off and looked at William.
His face was already glistening with cold sweat.
“What the hell do you know?”
“What do you know?”
Damdeok grinned and raised his upper body. And he whispered softly in William’s ear.
“Everything you did.”
William’s face turned red.
“W-how rude! We will not negotiate! Please leave immediately! right now!!”
“Haha, good. I guess it would be too much of a robbery to just ask for it, so I’ll just look at it for a moment. Just five minutes. How is it?”
The sound of William swallowing his saliva in excitement echoed throughout the reception room.
‘this! What am I thinking now… !’
I almost fell over.
Just five minutes to watch?
It’s obvious!
‘No one should know that we have Excalibur now!’
All evidence of illegal activity has not yet been destroyed.
And why do you trust foreign hunters and show them their precious things!
William boom! He slammed the table.
Then he raised his finger with a stern expression.
“No!! “Absolutely no!!”
* * *
“What are you going to do now?”
Ju Soo-yul looked at Damdeok quietly.
‘For the first time, I have a gap year.’
I have been running without stopping until now.
I worked part-time for the gods whenever I could, received all kinds of rewards, and became stronger.
However, because of Asmodeus, the path was suddenly blocked.
The only alternative, weapon upgrades, had just been defeated.
‘There’s nothing we can do for the time being.’
If a good part-time job pops up, you can do that, but so far, except for the part-time job in the Demon World, all of them have been inefficient.
“Well, it’s as expected that they don’t hand it over right away.”
Damdeok didn’t seem impatient.
“You don’t look very disappointed, do you?”
“Kkeke, it’s just a matter of time anyway.”
Damdeok grinned and took the lead.
“let’s go. “Even if it’s a little annoying, we have to match the rhythm and melody.”
“what… .”
“Oh, that’s enough! “It’s annoying to explain, so just follow me!”
* * *
Ju So-yul had no choice but to follow Damdeok’s urging.
We moved quickly and arrived at the front of the dungeon.
“Suddenly a dungeon?”
Ju Soo-yul tilted his head.
A dungeon in the form of a building is nothing more than a training box artificially created by the gods.
The swaying gate is the source of evil where real monsters emerge, so if your goal is to subdue it, you should go there.
But there’s no way I don’t know that fact… Why a dungeon all of a sudden?
“Look Carefully. It’s not just a dungeon. Appeared for the first time in our country’s history! “It’s an extra-large SS-class dungeon in Jeju Island!”
Damdeok shouted excitedly, but Ju Soo-yul was shaken.
What does that mean?
Are you sure you want to train here?
“… I guess you don’t know much because you only spend time with the gods, but your skills are no longer at a level worthy of training in a dungeon. This kind of thing is useless… .”
It was a serious advice, but Damdeok had already disappeared into the dungeon entrance.
“… ha.”
Zhou Juyul had no choice but to take a step forward.
* * *
High-rise penthouse.
William gritted his teeth in the bathtub overlooking downtown Seoul.
‘bouncer… !’
Several hours passed after Damdeok left, but the more I thought about it, the more feverish I became.
That calm tone of voice.
That expressionless expression.
Even those strange eyes that seem to know everything.
Wow!
I woke up in the bathtub.
“shit! Are you going to become a god or something?』
Naked, he came out into the living room, swearing in his native language.
Jump up!
I opened the cupboard, took out some ice and whiskey and drank it down.
As the strong alcohol spread through my body, I felt much better.
dump!
William just threw himself on the sofa.
『Queu! Yeah, no problem! Everyone who knows about Excalibur will soon die… !』
– Taang! bang!
A scene of a brutal murder is shown in a movie that is playing just in time.
The victims in the movie and the faces William knew began to overlap.
『Tch… I feel dirty.』
William frowned and changed the channel, and the news came on.
– This afternoon, a hunter successfully conquered ‘KN20391’, a huge dungeon that occurred in Jeju Island, solo! We will try to connect with the hunter directly. Hunter?
William’s pupils got bigger.
Dungeon number KN20391.
I remembered it clearly.
Korea’s largest dungeon unprecedented in history.
Isn’t this a dungeon that was difficult to conquer even in Korea, a powerful hunter country, and even had to recruit foreign mercenaries?
In the teamwork training that Midas Company emphasizes, targeting KN20391 has been a goal that has always appeared these days, so I couldn’t forget it.
‘But even though the US, China, and European teams all joined forces, they couldn’t break it, so it would have ended up being set as a civilian control zone… ?’
You beat that dungeon solo?
who?
There were few hunters on earth who would do something like that.
‘Is this Richard, who is ranked No. 1 in the rankings?’
‘Or La Burkham in second place?’
William, who was sober from alcohol in an instant, sat upright and watched the news.
Then a familiar face appeared on the screen.
William’s expression became distorted.
– Yes, this is Yu Dam-deok, a 6-star hunter.
– How did you plan on conquering the KN20391 dungeon alone?
– This solo subjugation is my personal challenge… .
What the hit!
Why is that guy suddenly here?
William gaped at the absurdity.
‘No, I heard that guy isn’t really good at hunter activities… .’
However, on the screen, Damdeok was laughing and criticizing Midas Company, as if he was making fun of William.
– Hmm, as I said before, if I expected teamwork, I felt like I would be wiped out in an instant. Yes, more than anything, I once again felt that the individual strength of the hunter is important in moments of crisis. Honestly, the power of teamwork isn’t that great in dungeons… .
Puzzle.
what?! Let’s try this now?!
Not only can they talk freely on TV, but they even appear on the news!
William bit his nails as if he was anxious and then suddenly grinned.
When I thought about it, there was no reason to be in a hurry.
‘Well, he’s not even a big person.’
Damdeok was known internationally to some extent, but honestly, he wasn’t a huge star.
It was natural.
Because Damdeok has spent more time in the divine world than in the human world.
‘If a 6-star hunter says something like that, there will be a loss, but that doesn’t mean I can give up Excalibur.’
After all, isn’t he a mid-sized star in the East?
‘If you leave it alone, it will become exhausted and become quiet.’
But William’s thoughts were shattered within a few days.
– Breaking news! 6-star hunter Yu Dam-deok conquers China’s three major unexplored dungeons at once… .
– Here’s the next news! A few days ago, Yu Dam-deok, who became a 7-star hunter, was organizing large gates on the west coast of Canada… .
– This is CNN news! At 14:00 local time, Korea’s Hunter Mr. Yu successfully conquered an EX-level dungeon in the Arizona desert. The United States Department of Defense expressed great gratitude to Korea and treated Mr. Yu as a state guest… .
– Korea’s Damdeok Yoo was selected as the 7th most influential hunter in the world by Forbes! As anxiety over the gate grows day by day, the UN coalition forces, led by South Korea’s Damdeok Yoo, have decided to accelerate the destruction of the gate… .
Clink!
William weakly dropped the whiskey glass he was holding.
『… It’s a monster. That’s a monster.』
* * *
“… Are you really going to just watch it for a moment and then go back?”
William looked back at Damdeok with a noticeably gaunt face.
A man who established himself as a world-class hunter in just a few days.
William had no more options.
“Why do you want me to recite what your company has done at the United Nations meeting next week?”
“Oh, no!”
William hurriedly threw up his hand.
An underground bunker located beneath a California national park.
A place that has never allowed outsiders to enter.
William opened the huge safe door with all his strength with a tearful expression on his face.
Wow!
A rough sound of metal rang out, and the vast interior was clearly revealed.
“and… It’s killing me… .”
An exclamation of exclamation came out.
Excalibur shines brightly alone among various miscellaneous items.
Even though it was underground where no light came in, he was able to keep the light in himself.
Damdeok picked up the sword as if possessed.
[King Arthur’s Excalibur (Legend)]
effect :
– Increases the user’s fighting spirit! (When casting, all abilities double for 10 minutes!)
– Trait locked.
– Trait locked.
‘There are as many as three options… !’
Damdeok tried to calm his tearing mouth.
“Good. Then, would you like to try upgrading your weapon?”
As soon as Damdeok finished speaking, Baekseol suddenly appeared from behind him.
“omg… ! Suddenly a fox came out of nowhere… !”
Whether William was surprised or not, Damdeok was completely focused on the Excalibur in front of him. Snow White also began to feel Excalibur more seriously than ever.
Some time passes,
Finally.
– will!!
Snow White, curled up, turned into a pure white Excalibur.
“done… !”
The body is twice as thick as the existing dragon slayer sword, the handle is wide open for easy gripping, and the stylish blade is engraved with an ascending dragon.
Damdeok grinned at the appearance, which was more perfect than the body, and placed Excalibur in William’s arms.
“It hasn’t been five minutes yet, right?”
Damdeok, with the white Excalibur draped around his shoulder, left the vault humming.
“What is that… .”
William just looked at Damdeok’s back with a dumbfounded look on his face.
fantasy,
