< Chapter 107 - Secret #2 >
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It was no coincidence that the ones who fled with the royal family the moment Elio betrayed them were Kirara and Sara.
It was Yuder’s personnel arrangement in preparation for an emergency.
‘There are three sword masters among the elves of the Shadow Forest.’
I did not assume that all three would betray.
If that was the situation from the beginning, there would have been no answer.
‘Of course, I’m saying that because I think the possibility of that happening is very low.’
The other two were not part of Elio’s faction.
Of course, since all the elves of the Shadow Forest were subordinates of the elves’ godfather, Vincenzo Lombardi, depending on Vincenzo’s will, not only the Sword Masters but all of the elves could become enemies of the Emperor.
However, unlike Elio, who could tolerate using the devil’s followers, Vincenzo Lombardi was a devil’s follower. The possibility that Vincenzo would join hands with the prime minister, who had devil’s followers and even minions, was close to zero.
‘Anyway, if you look at it as Elio’s dogmatism.’
If the group split up and ran away, Elio would likely track down Uther himself.
Unlike the Emperor and the Royal Knights, who could be fought by other troops, only Elio could fight Uther and Cordelia.
‘If you don’t chase after me, I was going to make you chase after me somehow.’
Anyway, the situation went as Yuder had expected.
Elio Lombardi and the Mines have been pursuing Uther and Cordelia, while the Emperor and the Royal Knights have been joined by regular elf forces.
‘Since there is a moon crystal, the emperor has the greatest advantage in escaping.’
There, Kirara and Sarah were experts at running away.
If you gave me the ability to jump through space, there was no way I wouldn’t be able to escape.
‘Then, of course, the ones who are being tracked are the Royal Knights.’
And the higher-level mines that have the power to threaten them should be placed on the same level as the Sword Masters.
So instead of handing Lucas and Caesar over to the Emperor, Juder handed them over to Leon.
If the opponent was a Sword Master, it would be difficult for Lucas and Kai’Sa to join forces to deal with them.
But if it’s a higher level mine, it’s a different story.
“Aww, that’s good!”
The sacred chains that Caesar swung tightly bound the body of the superior mine.
The giant superior mine, which looked like a beetle, tried to break the chains with brute force, but it was impossible.
“Uh, why?”
It’s a chain that’s not even as thick as a finger joint.
The higher mines couldn’t understand it, but it was actually natural.
It was impossible for even a high-level mine to break the chains that were oppressing the Demon Prince.
Moreover, Caesar’s chains were not just strong.
“Light of the Holy Sun!”
“Kwaaak!”
As Caesar recited the spell, a golden sun energy radiated from the entire chain.
The power of the sun god Solari was like a synergy to the upper-level mines based in hell.
“Koooo!”
The high-level mine tried to exert strength by twisting its entire body, but it was not easy. This was due to Kai’sa’s unimaginable strength.
Even though she twisted her body, Kaisa didn’t move at all. No matter how big she was, she was still a woman, so she probably weighed only a few dozen kilograms at most, but she was able to confidently stand up to the monstrous strength of a high-level mine.
Of course, even as Caesar, this was his limit.
Although he was successfully blocking the superior mine, he was only able to hold it back by using all his strength and magic power.
There is no means of attack on either side.
But unlike the helpless upper-level mines, Caesar had a countermeasure.
“Lucas!”
Lucas responded to Caesar’s call.
The Holy King’s Cross.
The sword of the Holy King who protected the world by slaying countless demons.
The Holy King’s Cross Sword was not a sword technique developed for humans. It was originally created to deal with demons, and as such, each and every secret technique of the Holy King’s Cross Sword boasted lethal powers against demons.
Lucas took a breath.
I rushed at the chained, struggling high-level mine, and was not frightened by the tentacles that the creature threw out in a fit of rage. I dodged and blocked the tentacles with minimal movement, then unleashed the Holy King’s Sword.
Grand Cross.
The Holy Celestial Cross.
The body of the superior mine that was directly hit by the Holy King’s Cross Sword’s secret technique was covered with a giant pure white cross. Then, it became one with the energy of Solari and burned the superior mine.
“Kuaaa······.”
The superior mines turned to ashes and scattered, and Lucas took a deep breath and retrieved his sword. It seemed as if his practice alone while in the territory had paid off, as he placed the sword back into its scabbard, just like a scene from a heroic novel.
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”
Lucas, who was reciting the decisive line of Builtwein, the main character of the Builtwein Heroes story, very quietly, raised the corners of his lips slightly.
Because it was a truly satisfying victory.
“Oh Lucas! I believed in you!”
Kaiser hugged Lucas tightly and wrapped her arms around his neck. Lucas, startled by the uninhibited skinship, spoke with a blank expression.
“That, uh······.”
“Uh, what?”
“Oh, no.”
Lucas tried to roll his eyes and look elsewhere.
This was because when Kaisha pulled him by the neck, Lucas’ face naturally moved right in front of Kaisha’s chest.
But Caesar didn’t seem to care – no, he pulled harder as if on purpose, and laughed heartily as he spoke.
“Well done anyway. You’re strong as always. You’re awesome.”
I was embarrassed by the crude compliments, but honestly, I didn’t hate them.
This is because Lucas was hungry for praise and recognition, as revealed when he sparred with Leon previously.
“Ahem.”
As Lucas blushed and coughed, Kaisa’s eyes narrowed. She smiled like a strategist who had succeeded in some kind of scheme, and hugged Lucas’ waist instead of his neck and said.
“We have good chemistry and are good together. Should we continue to hang out together?”
“Yes, we’re going together anyway.”
“Hmm.”
Lucas was taken aback when Caesar made a slightly displeased expression, but it was only for a moment, because Lucas had found his own answer.
“Kaiser was also really great. He completely sealed off the higher mines. I was really impressed.”
“Um··· what······ hehe.”
Kaiser, who pretended not to know but eventually smiled brightly, asked in a secretive voice.
“But how long are you going to use formal language?”
“yes?”
“No, we’re pretty close now, right? If I use formal language, it feels stiff.”
As Caesar spoke, gently twisting the ends of her hair, Lucas spoke again, blushing.
“Well, but it’s a bit much to say······.”
After all, it was Caesar who was three years older than Lucas.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Just call me Caesar.”
“Uhh… Ah, I understand. Sister Kaisa.”
A smile spread across Kaisha’s face again as Lucas spoke shyly.
It was a little sad to call her older sister, but I also thought it was cute, so I felt good anyway.
And there was someone who was watching those two.
“I think we should hurry.”
As Leon and the Royal Knights spoke with blank expressions after defeating the elf troops that appeared with the superior mines, Lucas nodded, visibly embarrassed.
“Uh, uh, yes. Of course. Miss Kaisa… no, Sister Kaisa. Let’s go.”
“Hehe, okay.”
Caesar smiled and nodded to Leon as if telling him to take the lead. Leon let out a short sigh and then started running ahead.
The destination is the place where you promised to meet the emperor.
Lucas, who was standing guard at the rear behind the Royal Knights and Kai’sa who were advancing quickly, glanced back.
Beyond the Red Gate.
The direction that Uther and Cordelia ran away to.
‘I hope you are safe.’
Even though they were two very strong people, they still went into enemy territory alone.
After finishing his prayer, Lucas started running again.
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Uder slowly opened his eyes.
Instead of an unfamiliar ceiling, something familiar appeared.
The sky was covered with large tree branches and leaves extending from them.
It wasn’t real.
But it wasn’t a dream either.
A familiar place.
The residence of Sword Origin Velencia, located within the soul and body of Uder himself.
“Honey, are you coming to your senses?”
Instead of responding with a soft and affectionate voice, Yuder sat up.
I’m thirsty.
In any case, only the spirit existed in the residence of Velencia, but even so, it was difficult to utter a word due to the dryness of his throat.
“It’s because I still feel tired.”
Velencia approached Yuder, who was leaning against a tree stump, and offered him a wooden cup.
“Drink it, it will help.”
Uder did as he was told and swallowed the white liquid inside the wooden cup.
Although my energy didn’t return right away, I still felt like I had something to live for.
“Hey, can you tell me a story?”
“Can I have one more drink… one more drink?”
“Just wait a moment.”
As Velencia said that, she covered the glass with her palm and then lifted it, and the glass filled up with white liquid again.
“I brought it from somewhere else that I had saved it.”
How to do it?
And how was this white liquid created in the soul in the first place?
Instead of questioning further, Yuder swallowed the liquid right away.
At first I couldn’t taste it at all, but it seemed to have a rich flavor.
“It’s delicious, isn’t it? It’s because my energy is in it.”
Belencia smiled brightly and sat down on the floor. Then, the sound of a trickling stream and the chirping of small birds began to be heard.
I didn’t know because I didn’t dig into it properly, but Sword Origin was much wider than I thought and seemed to contain a variety of things.
The liquid you just drank was probably made by combining various things in Sword Origin.
“ha.”
Yuder put down his wooden cup and sighed, his shoulders slumping. Perhaps it was because of the white liquid, but it seemed as if his energy was boiling inside him and his mind was becoming clearer.
How many minutes passed like that?
Instead of urging her, Uder simply spoke to Velencia, who had been waiting.
“I saw the sword.”
The horizon at the end of the road.
The level reached by the man standing so far away.
It wasn’t that anyone told me the word ‘검리’.
It just came to me naturally.
Black.
reason.
The ultimate realm that those who walk the path of the sword seek to reach.
Belencia nodded slowly.
She, the sword spirit of Sword Origin, was no different from Yuder.
Because of this, he could clearly see the wind sword that Yuder had unleashed as if he had unleashed it himself.
“The swordsmanship used by the later generations was something I had never seen before. It was a swordsmanship that the later generations had never taught me, and that even the later generations did not know.”
Sword of the Wind.
Uther never properly learned the Sword of Wind.
All Uder knew how to use was the basic parts of the Wind Sword.
However, the Wind Lightning Strike that Yuder used was a technique that could be said to be the essence of the Wind Sword.
What happened?
How did he demonstrate swordsmanship that he had never learned before?
That is the ultimate sword that even contains the sword.
“What happened?”
Instead of answering Belencia’s question right away, Uder first tried to recall his memories.
Fight with Elio Lombardi.
I looked back on my memories so far to open the Seven Gates.
I remembered what changes occurred in my body when I opened each door from the first door to the sixth door, and I forcefully recreated them.
A clash, not a harmony of yin and yang.
The enormous energy generated by it.
I opened the door and saw the horizon.
The man who stood between the horizon and himself.
A fairy who has appeared after a long time.
What she said to herself.
Uder slowly told the story of what he had experienced, and Belencia listened to his story.
“Do you think you know something?”
At Uder’s question, Belencia narrowed her brows.
“Honestly, there are a lot of things I don’t know. The process of opening the Seventh Gate itself is just ridiculous.”
Belencia’s words were sincere.
I thought you’d open the door like that.
No, I didn’t think that would be possible.
“But… I think I know the horizon a little bit.”
Even Velencia didn’t know anything about the fairy and the man.
But if it was a horizon that Uder had seen, then it was one that Velencia had seen too.
“Inspection.”
The ultimate destination for those who walk the path of the sword.
It was the source and soon the way of the world.
If there is a supreme realm that only the enlightened can reach, it is beyond that horizon.
“I also reached the sword.”
Belencia spoke calmly, but it was truly an amazing thing.
Even in the long history of the elves, the number of swordsmen who reached the level of swordsmanship could only be counted on one hand.
“Hey, can you show me one more time?”
The sword of wind that subdued Elio Lombardi.
Uder nodded and stood up from his seat.
Instead of drawing out the black dragon’s energy to create a sword, he took hold of the wooden sword that Velencia had given him and assumed a stance.
Wind, thunder, and lightning strike.
It unfolded based on memory.
Although its power was greatly weakened by not opening the Seven Gates, what Velencia had originally wanted to see was the form of the Wind Thunder Strike.
A powerful combo consisting of thirteen devastating strikes.
Belencia, who had watched Uder’s wind and lightning strike from beginning to end, furrowed her brows.
And Uther knew why.
This is because Yuder himself felt it when he unleashed the Wind Thunder Strike.
“Later, the swords of today’s later generations do not contain sword spirit.”
The Wind-Ray-Flame Strike that completely subdued even Elio Lombardi, who was on the verge of becoming the Grand Sword Master.
But it was possible because it contained the sword.
Uther’s sword currently had no sword power.
It was just a fast and powerful sword.
“but······.”
Belencia, whose words had been trailing off, ended her speech with a small smile.
“The swordsmanship of later generations has greatly improved. That much is certain.”
Up until now, Uther’s black has been overly calculating.
A fierce yet sharp swordsmanship that utilizes overwhelming physical ability and boundless energy.
But now things are a little different.
It wasn’t a bold move, but it was definitely a step forward.
Change is possible only through enlightenment.
But Yuder knew, as did Velencia. Yuder was not in a state of enlightenment at the moment.
“As of now… it seems like there is a secret in the nine heavens and nine heavens.”
Uder nodded at Belencia’s opinion.
It seemed that the answer lay with the fairy and the man standing on the road.
“I should consult with the teacher when I meet him.”
Because the expert in the nine heavenly gates was Landius.
But at Uder’s words, Belencia narrowed her eyes and spoke with an awkward smile.
“Um… but if you listen to the story now, won’t Landius get sick?”
Or trying to open the door by force.
Although Belencia’s argument was very valid, Uder shook his head.
“Hey, no way.”
It’s Landius.
He’s my teacher.
“Well… if that’s what happens to future generations, then that’s what it must be like.”
Belencia smiled bitterly as if she didn’t really think that way, contrary to what he said, and approached Yuder again.
“Anyway, Houdae, please sleep a little more for now.”
Because recovery is still a long way off.
Velencia whispered affectionately while poking Yuder’s forehead with her index finger, and Yuder closed his eyes as if under a spell.
I fell into a deep sleep once again.
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“Thank goodness. Yuder’s expression has relaxed.”
As Cordelia, who was giving Yuder a lap pillow, laughed brightly, Melissa also spoke in a cheerful voice.
[Yes, it seems like you are sleeping comfortably now.]
“Right? That’s fortunate.”
Cordelia sighed in relief as she stroked Uther’s sleeping face.
I was really worried one way or another.
A fiancée who is genuinely worried about her fiancé.
It was a heartwarming sight to behold, but Scarlett had a trembling expression on her face.
“why?”
“No… well, well. They’re the ones who caught the Ancient Black Dragon, so now it’s a bit strange to be called a Sword Master.”
Elio Lombardi, lying like a piece of luggage in the corner over there.
After hearing the details from Cordelia, Scarlett was impressed by Uther and Cordelia, who always got involved in a big incident wherever they went – no, it seemed like they were causing a big incident at this point – and then started talking realistically.
“Anyway, so are you going to rest here for a bit and then go when Yuder wakes up? Take me with you?”
“Yeah, Scarlett, do you want to go with me? No, let’s go together. Help me, sis. Okay?”
“You only call me sister in times like this.”
Scarlett was thrilled by Cordelia’s charms, but she didn’t seem to mind.
Because the idea of participating in a major event that would determine the fate of the empire as a Log Master felt very appealing.
‘I’m also going to see Prince Lucas there for the first time in a while.’
When I was in the capital, it was just like that, but strangely, after I left the capital, Lucas’ face would occasionally pop into my head.
I want to help Cordelia.
We want to save the empire together.
But Scarlett didn’t open her mouth readily.
It was because of one fact.
‘But will it help?’
To be honest, I was confident in my skills. I was also proud that I didn’t have many rivals among my peers.
But no matter what, I couldn’t help but feel small in front of Uther and Cordelia.
Moreover, listening to the story, it seemed like the Sword Master level enemies would pop out whenever they were bored.
In the midst of all this, is Scarlett herself actually of any help?
“Scarlett is good at swordsmanship and magic, right? And she’s also good at undercover work… Since she’s from the Empire, she’s well-informed about the state of affairs in the Empire, right?”
“hmm······.”
As if she had read Scarlett’s mind, Cordelia gave just the right answer.
Scarlett’s own worth.
“hmm······.”
When Scarlett trailed off again, Cordelia smiled brightly. She had sensed Scarlett’s wish.
‘It’s simple anyway. Simple.’
If Scarlett had heard that, she would have been furious, saying, “You of all people?!,” but Cordelia just laughed and continued to praise Scarlett.
“She’s good at disguising herself, she knows how to use beauties, and she’s also good with her hands······.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll go with you. In return, you help me with one thing.”
When Scarlett, whose face turned red from Cordelia’s compliments, waved her hand and spoke, Cordelia immediately nodded and spoke with her animalistic intuition.
“Is that what you’re talking about?”
The secret door of the Log Master that has been holding Scarlett captive for several days.
“Right, I was thinking of getting some help when Black Cloak wakes up.”
I hated to admit it, but Yuder’s head was a real mess.
But instead of nodding at Scarlett’s words, Cordelia stood up carefully.
“Cordelia?”
“You don’t have to go all the way to Yuder. I’ll open it for you.”
Scarlett laughed in disbelief at Cordelia’s words and then said.
“Hey, don’t take it lightly. If it’s Black Cloak, you might not know, but Pink Bomb isn’t something you can open. By the way, the unlock spell doesn’t work either.”
[Lady Cordelia, I think it might be a bit too much······.]
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Cordelia was a magical genius, but it was impossible to imagine her using her amazing intelligence to break the Log Master’s password.
But Cordelia walked without hesitation and stood in front of the panel attached to the secret door, and Scarlett clicked her tongue and said.
“Yes, it’s free to challenge yourself. I’m not saying this to disrespect you, but you’re so good at doing things that I couldn’t do.”
[It may sound dismissive, but I kind of agree······.]
“It opened.”
[I don’t!]
Melissa quickly changed her words, and Scarlett’s eyes widened.
What did you just say?
“It opened.”
Cordelia smiled again and opened the secret door wide. She gave a charming wink to the literally stunned Scarlett and shrugged her shoulders.
“It’s easy, right?”
Even if my head didn’t remember, my body did.
No, since it is a reincarnation situation, should I say that the soul remembers?
Cordelia was also one of the proud rotten ones, as she was always buried by Uther.
But only Cordelia knew this fact.
Scarlett, who didn’t know English, blinked her eyes and groaned as if she had been hit in the back of the head with a hammer.
“Huh? Huh?”
Cordelia opened it?
I’ve been hanging on for over three days and still can’t open it?
Cordelia?
That Cordelia?
[I believed it from the beginning.]
“It’s so obvious you’re lying?”
Cordelia, excited by Melissa’s words, gestured to Scarlett again.
“Anyway, since we opened it, let’s grab it quickly.”
Log Master’s Secret.
Scarlett, who reflexively stood up at Cordelia’s gesture, looked embarrassed again in front of the wide open door, then looked back at Cordelia and said.
“hey.”
“why.”
“Did you do that on purpose? Like you were just pretending to be stupid in front of Black Cloak to look cute… or maybe it was all an act….”
[Ouch, I’m starting to get goosebumps right now.]
Cordelia frowned at Scarlett and Melissa’s words. When she listened, she realized there was nothing they couldn’t say.
“Should I take care of it?”
Should I just eat that?
Scarlett flinched at Cordelia’s warning, but then nodded. Instead of needlessly rebelling against Cordelia, who might have been a more cunning strategist than Yuder—no, a sinister plotter—she focused solely on the secret information of the Rogue Master.
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< Chapter 107 - Secret #2 > End
