Sword Master Who Leapt Through Time - Chapter 21



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#21 This time for sure

“Milo!”

Woohoo-!

He pulled out his Auror Blade and charged.

A fiercely raging storm.

The ultimate Aura swordsmanship that can destroy anything.

I believed so.

Wow!

“Huh… … ?!”

That aura blade was blocked.

The naked werewolf-like monster extended its long, ashen claws to block the blade.

‘You can’t do it…?’

An aura blade wrapped in ancient sword energy.

Even Count Xias had no choice but to give up his neck for this sword, but you’re going to block it with a monster’s claw?

Kwaaang!

Although it couldn’t be used, it wasn’t that the destructive power of the Auror Blade was ineffective.

The ashen claws blocking the way were thrown back with a strong shockwave.

I ran through the gap and aimed for the monster’s neck.

‘Yeah. So what if it gets blocked, as long as I kill them… …!’

Phew-!

Hee-juk-

The monster looked at me and laughed, its snout torn.

As if he knew I was going for his neck, he easily dodged my sword by jerking his neck back.

A dizzying sensation of floating through empty space.

‘what……!’

I barely managed to calm my mind from running wild with excitement.

I concentrated so hard that the tip of my nose went numb, and then swung my sword with all my might again.

Hmph-!

Didn’t reach.

All that comes to mind is a dizzying feeling, as if I’ve stumbled down the stairs.

The monster’s reaction speed was ridiculously fast and bizarre.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

After slashing the ash-colored claws with the Aura Blade and breaking its posture, he delivered several decisive blows, but they all missed.

“why!”

“What the heck!”

“why!”

It felt like I was fighting an unreachable fog.

Even with all the combat experience I’ve accumulated, I still couldn’t figure out how to deal with it.

After a fierce struggle, only two monsters were defeated.

There was a voice that woke me up from my narrowing vision.

“What are you doing, Lansen! Don’t act alone!”

Iodine came closer and clung to my side.

“But Milo… … !”

In fact, Milo was already nowhere to be seen.

All you can see is monsters gathered together.

Iodine said coldly.

“Give up. It’s too late.”

“… … .”

Actually, I knew that too. That’s right.

‘It’s late… … .’

Why does my heart feel so heavy?

I think we projected too much of our children onto Milo.

I swallowed the bitter water bubbling in my throat and tried to shake off my foolish thoughts.

“Sorry. I got excited. Let’s just go together.”

“Okay. Get your mind straight.”

Tried to get the body out with Iodine.

“Krrrrrr!”

“Kuaaaang!”

But this time the monsters wouldn’t let us go.

Before we knew it, the monsters had either eaten Milo or torn him to pieces… … The monsters that had gathered around him scattered like a swarm of wasps and rushed at us in one breath.

Tough claws that can even block Auror Blades slash in all directions like a storm.

“Lansen, listen carefully!”

Iodine spoke as death clawed at everything.

“I’ll cut off their necks… …so block their claws. Can you do it?”

“You’re going to cut off their necks? They react too quickly for that… …!”

“I can do it. So. You can do it, too?”

Instead of answering, he nodded.

You can do it.

If it’s just defense, it’s not a problem at all.

Phew-

I took a deep breath.

A powerful aura was pumped up from the core and spread out like a net throughout the entire body.

There, the secrets of the sword were mixed in.

A body that kills air resistance, shifts the center of gravity, and is elastic.

Added the output of Aura on top of that.

Banroa Royal Swordsmanship.

Acceleration Sword [torrent]

Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!

Dozens of sword strikes shaken off in an instant.

It was difficult to cut off their necks, but it was no problem to cut off their already extended claws.

It takes two movements to dig in and strike the neck, but it only takes one movement to parry the attack coming at me.

You can predict their attack path just by looking at the angle of their outstretched feet, and their long aura blades can cover a wide area.

A dark blue aura exploded around Iodine, wrapping around him like giant wings.

The claws of the monsters that had been covering all directions like a storm were kicked back, revealing a circular, empty space.

“nice.”

Iodine jumped into the space and danced.

Sigh!

Squeak!

With each dance move, the monster’s neck fell off.

The neck that I couldn’t even reach when I aimed for it fell off like a rotten fruit in front of Iodine’s sword.

‘This is the sword… … .’

It was my first time seeing it in real life,

It was even better than I expected.

The amount and quality of information received through the sword were different, as were the reaction speeds.

When even my accumulated experience seemed to fade in the face of a type of enemy I was facing for the first time, Iodine, who used the sword, showed his true worth like a fish in water.

“This is good?!”

Iodine said in a bright voice.

That would be nice.

Because I defend you and even break down your enemies’ posture.

If Iodine had been alone, he would not have been able to avoid the classics.

But the two of us were a good match.

Me, who can crush a wolf monster with force, and Iodine, who can cut off its neck faster than the monster’s reaction speed.

We quickly cut down the monsters and broke through the siege.

Iodine shouted.

“They’re all here! Let’s get out of here and join the Knights! The monsters are definitely after the treasure that the Master brought! We have to stop them!”

Just as I was about to escape the encirclement,

“Krrrrrr!”

The three monsters that followed us until the end blocked our path.

Iodine shouted, his sweat dripping down his face.

“This is the last one! Let’s go one more time!”

If I strike out my claws, Iodine will cut off my neck.

Woof-

When I came back to Banroa and got the blade,

Gulp!

Kwaruruk!

Something unexpected happened.

Without warning, the monsters’ stomachs and chests burst open, and dozens of tentacles poured out from within at incredible speed.

Tata dadadang!

It happened so suddenly that I couldn’t react at all.

It was Iodine who reacted.

Iodine leaped in front of me like lightning, protecting me and scattering his swords in all directions.

Sparks scatter like firecrackers.

A divine power that was possible because the sword was used with a reaction speed that converges to 0.

but,

There were too many tentacles.

Pubber pubber pubber!

The sharp tentacles finally passed over the sword and pierced Iodin’s body.

Even though it pierced Iodine’s body tightly and still had strength left, it managed to stab me as well, but since I had an aura shield, I only suffered a few bruises.

“Iodin!”

therefore,

There was no reason for Iodine to surround me.

Even if I had just taken all of that, I would have been injured, but I wouldn’t have died…

“why……?”

Why did you surround me? You could have just avoided it. You could have avoided it.

Iodine stared at me with difficulty, his eyes dimming with light.

“I’m sorry… … . Please… … survive… … . Now you are… … the Master’s only… … disciple… … .”

I couldn’t react.

Unlike Iodine, he did not learn the sword.

I just watched blankly as her body was pierced randomly and flew through the air.

“IODIN!!!!”

I don’t remember much after that.

I just fought like crazy, raising my aura.

Their claws had a hard time penetrating my aura shield, they couldn’t break my black claws, and it was a frustrating fight where we just kept running parallel without being able to cut down even a few of them.

Is that why?

They didn’t deal with me for long.

One by one, they left the banquet hall.

In the end, I was left alone.

I stood alone and dazed among the countless corpses.

The monster, which Iodine thought was dead after its neck was cut off, had tentacles wriggling out of its neck and reattaching itself to its body.

They are really vicious guys.

The monsters, who had managed to reattach their necks, glared at me while growling before quickly leaving the banquet hall.

As Iodin said, it seemed like they had a different goal.

Perhaps it is the treasure of the cult that the Archduke brought back as spoils of war.

“Why are you suddenly so harsh… … .”

I never imagined an ending like this.

Isn’t there a huge gap between last time and now?

Last time, at best, all I could do was defeat one Sword Expert… … ?

I saw it at first glance.

Iodin’s blond hair was trampled like a doll abandoned among the corpses.

The light green body of Milo, torn to pieces.

I closed my eyes tightly and walked out of the banquet hall.

“Ahhhhhh!”

“Kkaaaah!”

Hell was unfolding.

The monsters that had rushed to the central mansion trampled the mansion while chewing up and devouring its servants.

The knights were resisting, but the monsters were so numerous and strong that it seemed it would take a long time to drive them out.

Even Sir Brook Denar, the leader and swordmaster of the Horizon Knights, was nowhere to be seen.

“What is that… … .”

To the south, in the heart of the city, an ominous fluorescent glow rose.

A bizarre color that resembles the moonlight of a psychedelic door.

I didn’t know why, but I just realized it.

That light is the cause of what happened today.

Thud.

I thought I got stronger… … .

I couldn’t protect anyone.

All I could do was stand there helplessly, barely holding on, while taking in the sight that seemed like the end of the world.

[Failed to change history.]

Then suddenly a woman’s voice was heard.

[Consume broken causality to rewind time.]

Rewind time?

[Broken causality is not infinite, and failure means complete defeat. Please be careful at every moment.]

Again… …you’re giving me a chance!?

[I wish you good luck.]

After a businesslike voice passed by,

Parallel!

The book of destiny that had sprung out of subspace was wide open.

[Luceras Calendar 4673. November 21st. Clear. The Master returned after stealing the treasure of the cult… … .]

The very same page that was open when I came here was erased from the back.

… … take it away and return it… … .

… … Take away my ears… … .

… … take away… … .

… … .

Tick ​​tock tock tock

With the loud ticking of the second hand, my body was once again taken out of the current time zone.

And when I came to my senses,

It was a bright, sunny morning.

Various various

I was riding a horse, and next to me was a man with dark hair and a sturdy build riding alongside me.

He looked at me and said abruptly.

“Yes, Lansen. I met him by chance and took him on as my disciple.”

Archduke Lightena Celsius.

I went back to the moment I first met him.

* * *

November 21, 4673, Luceras calendar.

Everything was the same as before.

The Book of Destiny made its will clear by rewinding time.

On the last day of the exchange,

To stop the monsters.

I don’t know what the hell the Book of Destiny is, or what it wants from me… … but right now I’m just so grateful that tears just well up in my eyes.

The fact that you gave me another chance.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Had I been staring at him for too long? Archduke Lightena reacted differently than before.

I did the same.

“Master.”

“huh?”

“What is the spoil that you brought, Master?”

Archduke Lightena’s eyes narrowed.

I know that too.

It’s unreasonable for me to say something like that when I haven’t even built a relationship of trust.

still…….

If only we could prevent that catastrophe.

The Archduke looked at me intently, then answered surprisingly coolly.

“It is a sacred relic of the cult.”

“Holy relic… … Master. In fact… … !”

I was going to say that. That’s why a big problem is happening. So… …you can’t leave your seat.

But,

“stop.”

The Archduke didn’t look at me.

He looked up at the sky as if he was hearing some voice.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but… … .”

He looked down again, looked straight at me, and said:

“I think that’s something you have to handle, not me.”

what……?

What the heck?

What do you know?

I wanted to grab him by the collar and ask him, but… … .

“I don’t know. It’s just… … It’s really pitiful, and I’m grateful.”

The Archduke simply said that.