Sword Master Who Leapt Through Time - Chapter 5



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#5 One Sip

Oh my, you’re really bad at acting.

“Put your knife in.”

I told you to pretend to fight.

You’re here already?

“There it is… … !”

“You’ve been hit three times?!”

“Help Lansen! We have to hold him here!”

Two more hoods were running behind me.

This time, the group set out to search in a westward direction.

Life was a bit painful.

Sreung!

The sound of a blade cutting through the air. The sharp aura unique to ancient Aurors sends shivers down your spine.

I locked eyes with the woman’s blue eyes until the last moment, then turned away.

Damn it!

Zzz!

“Ugh!”

“Ugh… … !”

One was cut, the other was stabbed.

They instinctively raised their swords to block my attacks, but their auras were weaker than the woman’s.

The shattered pieces of the sword fell, glittering.

This time, my blade lost its edge.

I’m telling you, it’s really funny.

The one thing that’s weak and lacking in sharpness is crazy.

“Crack… … .”

“Ugh… … You… … betrayed… … .”

Two men, with their throats cut and their lungs pierced, died struggling on the floor without even screaming.

“Even though they are low-level… … they can defeat experts so easily?”

I guess you were very surprised.

The woman looked back and forth between my sword and the fallen men.

“Could it be that you are really… … a Sword Master? But if that’s the case… … .”

The woman was confused.

well.

He was a sword master.

Based on 10,000 years later.

I took out a rag and wiped the bloody blade.

Instead of answering the woman’s question, he asked something else.

“The kids are being held here?”

“Don’t you know better?”

“No. I didn’t know.”

“How could you not know that… … .”

“Trust me. It’s true.”

“How can I… … in just a few words?”

“You’ll have to believe it. It hasn’t been that difficult so far… … .”

Swish.

He raised his sword.

Turning my back to her, I turned toward the other side of the hallway where torches flickered.

“I can’t really gauge that person. I wish you could help me.”

Damn it.

A shadowy figure suddenly appeared at the end of the hallway.

A man wearing a black robe pulled down over his head.

He was the leader of the cult.

‘I wanted to make a surprise attack if possible… … .’

There was nothing I could do since I had already been caught.

The leader’s low, rough voice echoed down the hallway.

“Yes, Lancen. Did you betray me?”

Thud thud.

He looked at the strewn corpses of his men.

He didn’t seem to feel any sense of crisis, he was just calm and relaxed.

“Not bad. Five souls who died in sorrow after being betrayed. Plus the chaotic nature of betrayal itself. And then there’s the soul of a noble knight… … The Lord will be even more pleased.”

The eyes of the leader who spoke like that sparkled with fanaticism.

Creepy.

I got goosebumps for no reason.

what?

If you just look at the aura, it was barely an expert-intermediate level… … but an ominous aura that I couldn’t explain kept licking my cheek and passing by.

Why is it so awkward?

I wasn’t the only one who felt ominous about him.

“Expert level… … . Why is someone with such skills in a place like this… … .”

The woman’s voice, muttering softly, seemed strangled by tension.

Expert Advanced. I stuck that word in my head.

‘The guys we fought earlier were considered expert-level low-level by today’s standards, right? If they were high-level, they’d be pretty strong, though… ‘

But, isn’t it not worth being this nervous? The lower class in this era is at that level, so the upper class shouldn’t be that different either…

But it’s really uncomfortable.

‘It’s clearly a person… … but it doesn’t seem human.’

Rather, it was like a single sword.

Sound, smell, movement.

There was a faint sense of discomfort in all of it.

It seemed as if the wind was blowing along the path he walked.

If you made a sword in the shape of a human being, would it feel like that?

My instincts were wary of that man.

‘If you look at it one by one, there is no reason for me to be at a disadvantage.’

But I still didn’t feel like striking first.

It feels like I’m sticking my head into an unknown cave.

I glanced back at the woman behind me.

“Are you just going to sit back and watch?”

“… … You want me to attack first? … … Aren’t you planning to attack from behind?”

“We have to save the kids. Can we win without my help?”

“… … Damn. I should have come and asked for support… … .”

The woman seemed conflicted, but eventually stepped forward.

“I’m an expert intermediate. … … I can’t do it alone.”

“Go. I’ll support you.”

“… … I will believe it.”

Tadah!

The woman kicked the ground as lightly as a feather.

Kak! Kak! Kak!

The rippling ancient auras collided one after another in the air.

It was clearly the women who were being pushed back.

The woman twisted her sword to deflect the leader’s attack, but the blade was still sharpened like a pencil sharpener.

There was a big difference in the sharpness of the aura.

I studied the enemy carefully.

In the meantime, the woman was having a blast.

Bam!

The leader’s kick caused the woman’s breastplate to cave in,

Bam!

The attack with the sword hilt tore the area above his eye, causing blood to spurt out.

“Huh! Why aren’t you helping me?”

The woman called out to me desperately as I frantically blocked the attacks.

But I didn’t answer and just continued to observe quietly.

‘Your strength is similar to mine, but your speed is a bit faster than mine?’

There was no change.

The power of the leader, who was called Expert High-level, was exactly the same as that of an Expert Mid-level in our time.

He doesn’t seem to be a wizard either.

But there was something that was bothering me.

‘But the sword path is unpredictable.’

Perhaps because the swordsmanship was completely different from our era, it was difficult to read the timing and trajectory of the attack.

It’s amazing how a woman can stand up and block all that.

‘… … Okay. Let’s be careful. Eliminate variables and finish it in one blow.’

Meanwhile, the woman became more and more anxious.

“No, not now! If you had attacked now!”

“Is this really a betrayal?!”

“hey!!!”

She became tattered in an instant.

His once-shiny blond hair was disheveled like the fur of a dog that hadn’t been washed in three months, and his armor was torn and tattered.

“What are you doing!!!”

When the old-fashioned polite speech disappeared and she screamed, “Ah!”, I finally saw an opening in her.

Woohoo-!

A dark blue aura starts from beneath your feet and rises up your shoulders.

The proud charging machine of the Banroa royal family, [Tempest].

Lean your body forward as if you were going to collapse, converting all your energy into propulsion.

The condensed aura goes beyond strengthening the calves and thighs and sprays out through the soles of the feet.

A single ray of aura wraps around the surface of the skin, pushing the wind resistance left and right.

Kwaaaaang-!

A dash that goes beyond the limits of expert intermediate.

Dust rises from the shattered granite floor.

The aura that erupted and the wind that was pushed away leave a storm behind me.

The moment I took a step, I was already right in front of the enemy.

Even the woman who was screaming for help didn’t sense my movements at all.

A momentary step.

Kwajik!

He struck the ground once more, wrapping this incredible speed around the tip of his sword.

‘This is the end!’

An enemy that gives off an inexplicable sense of ominousness.

So I tried my best, to the point where it seemed excessive.

This has to work.

I believed that so strongly.

Flash!

Oh my!

Until a sudden burst of light burst before my eyes and engulfed the entire hallway.

‘What, what is it… …!’

An excruciating pain shooting up the palm of one’s hand.

It wasn’t the soft touch that cuts down an opponent.

Something struck the tip of my sword.

The shock spread tingling through my entire body, beyond my hands.

I hurriedly stepped back.

The vision that was momentarily lost due to the dazzling light slowly recovers.

Next to me was a woman who was surprised and stepped back, and in front of me was a man with his hood pulled down and frowning.

Cheeeeek-!

White smoke billowed from his necklace.

He touched the hot necklace briefly and let out a hollow laugh.

“Huh? Did I just almost die?”

What is that necklace?

Is it an artifact?

The woman let out a sob.

“Huh… …! Guardian’s Necklace!”

No, even if it’s an artifact from the Magic Age, how can it block Sword Aura so easily…?

But I didn’t have time to be surprised.

Swish!

Squeak!

Kakaotalk!

Because the man with his face distorted like a demon started to properly dance with a sword.

‘What? Why is this happening?’

The man’s sword looked no different from those of his subordinates.

Just a transparent haze distorting the air.

But when you actually hit it, it’s completely different.

Cock!

Squeak!

‘If this continues… … the sword will be cut?’

This time, it wasn’t at the level of a blade being cut out.

The leader’s black aura withstood my sword and was instead embedded in my sword.

I could barely hold out by concentrating my aura on the striking point.

Zzz!

Jjeong!

I couldn’t stop his momentum, so I kept stepping back.

‘This is dangerous… … .’

The woman screamed.

“What are you doing! The sword energy is dyed in color, but why is it so weak?”

No… … . So the sword technique you know and the Sword Auror I know are completely different… … ?

Can’t you tell if you look?

The transparent azure is black.

The color that dyes the sword is Sword Aura.

huh?

The man let out a laugh.

“Can’t you see it? It’s just empty talk. What good does it do if the sword energy is dyed with color? You’re just a half-baked swordsman who can’t even read the sword’s mind.”

I have been through a lot under Count Ksias.

I have even become a Sword Master, known as a strategic weapon.

But… … A half-assed braggart… … .

I wanted to refute, but the reality was that I was pitifully taking steps back.

‘What kind of swordsmanship… … .’

It wasn’t just the sharp aura that cut through the aura that was the problem.

The man’s sword was mysterious.

Yeah, it’s mysterious.

There is no other way to express it.

It seemed like he could gain three or four advantages with one swing and see dozens of steps ahead.

He is continuously displaying the kind of divine moves that you may only see once or twice in your lifetime.

My hands and feet were tangled before I could even get past the ten-digit mark.

Prosthetic arms and legs were in the way.

The back of my head was soaked with cold sweat.

‘That woman… … How has she held out until now… … ?!’

He swung his sword fiercely, but destruction steadily approached.

“Ugh… … !”

The wounds Nagi had inflicted on me during the day were stinging, and my whole body was tingling from the excessive use of Aura.

Pick! Peek!

Even though I tried to avoid it, the man’s sword skillfully extended itself and cut me here and there, and my wounds gradually increased. The drops of blood spraying into the air were all mine and the woman’s.

‘… … Too strong?’

We can’t win like this.

“Goodbye, Lansen.”

A sneer passes by the man’s lips.

Despair on the woman’s face.

Yeah, I’ve made up my mind.

You called me a braggart?

“Then, is this also a bluff? Take a look… …!”

Bam.

You can’t win without risking your life.

Wooooow-!

Grit your teeth.

Squeeze the cracked aura core.

Tsk tsk tsk-!

A deep, dark blue aura rose above the blade.

Aura threads that come out one after another like thread.

The last spark that I, who was broken as much as I could break, put my life on the line.

Snap!

Drop!

The crack in my core grew wider and wider, and a terrible, excruciating pain racked my entire body.

A terrible price awaits you after this, but for a short while you will regain some of your former strength.

‘If you win, that’s fine. If you win and get the elixir… …! That’s fine!’

The appearance of riding on the dragon’s back.

Enduring the pain, he kicked the ground with the aura overflowing from his entire body.

Oh my god!

“Huh… …! You?!”

The face of the man who had been dealing with me so leisurely until just a moment ago was filled with confusion.

Oh my god!

Zzz!

Somehow, even when struck with the highest level sword aura, the energy in the man’s sword did not break.

No, rather, it was I who was still having trouble sleeping.

It was so sharp that it even cut through the highest level of aura.

‘This damn ancient swordsmanship… …!’

Fortunately, though, this side has a clear advantage in strength.

With each clash of blades, the man stumbled backwards.

It couldn’t react in time to my strength and speed.

“How on earth…! How?! Clearly, he’s only half-aware and can’t even read the mind of the sword, but how does he have this kind of power!”

The man’s face gradually turned pale.

Heart of the Sword?

I don’t know what that is though.

This is the sword of the future!

Swish!

As the man frantically struck back at my sword, aura threads stretched out like spiderwebs, slicing across the man’s arms and chest.

This was the reason why the Expert top level was classified as an out-of-spec power.

Even if you can block the blade, you can’t stop the forked aura threads.

however,

Kang! Kakang!

‘… … Aren’t you going to get hurt?’

The chest and arms that the auror thread had cut through were intact.

A soft light was emanating from the black armor the man was wearing. This didn’t appear to be ordinary armor.

‘This is the age of magic. What kind of armor can even block the Aura Thread… … .’

There is no time.

The aurora’s light was fading.

I’m going to break soon.

My auror core.

so,

‘I’m betting everything on this one blow.’

He pulled up every last bit of his energy and slashed from left to right in a long arc.

The straight blade and the whip-like aura thread simultaneously aimed for the man’s neck.

Wow!

Swish!

My sword split in two and flew around in the air.

“ugh…….”

The leader’s sword trembled right next to my neck.

I couldn’t stretch out any further.

Even though my sword was cut, the auror was eaten instead.

A gracefully curved aura thread neatly cut through the man’s nape.

‘after…….’

I swallowed a sigh of relief.

I never thought that the sword would break even after hitting the Auror like that.

‘I’m sick of it, I’m sick of it. How can it be this sharp… … .’

He looked down at his dying leader with a sigh.

“Take it… … Ugh… … .”

His last words were just a sound of air being let out.

Unable to collect the blood that was gushing out, he slowly sat down on the floor and sank into the pool of blood.

and,

Snap!

My auror core is completely broken.

“Ugh… … .”

I sat down because I felt like I was going to vomit.

Passus… … .

Along with the unpleasant feeling of the aura cores scattering, the strength leaves my whole body.

‘This could kill me… … .’

It was not normal.

I had a headache, felt nauseous, and blood kept pouring out of my mouth.

My eyes are getting dark.

It’s not working yet… … .

At least after taking the kids out of Kushan City… … .

‘Please. Please stay.’

I walked slowly on my knees and searched the dead man’s arms.

One small wooden box.

I opened it and… …there it is!

There was a gray key and an elixir the size of a finger!

“there is……!”

Right. Since it’s precious, you must have brought it yourself!

You probably thought you’d be safest by my side!

As expected! I believed in you, Leader!

I lived. I lived now!

With trembling hands, I quickly opened the cork and poured the elixir into my mouth.

If you don’t drink this right now, you’ll die. You’ll definitely die.

Gulp.

When I finally took a sip of the elixir,

“Who the hell are you…?”

The woman asked.

at the same time,

My daughter!

The elixir I was drinking fell and rolled on the floor.

With about half of the contents still remaining.

“Huh? Huh?”

The image of the woman looking around in confusion gradually fades away.

Tick ​​tock tock

The sound of clock hands ticking all around.

The river of time engulfs me,

I’m once again sucked into some place, out of timeline.

My mind is going dark.

* * *

Boom!

dump!

Lansen’s body suddenly appeared as if it had fallen from thin air.

Tangrang-

A metallic book fell down next to him.

Just then the children discovered him.

“teacher!”

“It’s the teacher!”

Children flocking in like baby chicks.

I shook Lansen, but there was no response. There was blood in his mouth.

“What should I do? What should I do?!”

“Call Seklan Oppa quickly!”

Children in a state of confusion.

Lansen lying dead between them.

He was holding a small wooden box tightly in his hand.