The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality - Chapter 86



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The mansion that Byran led them to was not just secluded, it was desolate.

Only the bare minimum of furniture was placed,

and there weren’t many caretakers, only those who cleaned occasionally.

“That guy is Balderan’s descendant?”

At that moment, Pyrod asked, scratching his chin.

He had built quite a hot friendship with Balderan in the past.

Perhaps because of that, Pyrod had an interesting look in his eyes as he looked at Byran.

It was the look of someone looking at their friend’s nephew.

“Hush, Mr. Pyro, you’re being too loud.”

“Sorceress, you’re the one making all the noise.”

As soon as Elashia scolded them, the two naturally started arguing.

“Isn’t it peaceful?”

While Havel smacked each of them on the back of the head.

Byron looked back at Havel and smiled slowly.

“Since losing my son’s soul to the Strike tribe, I no longer have any attachment to my home.”

A regrettable story flowed from his mouth.

Havel had been informed about the current situation in the city beforehand by Owen.

Byron was engrossed in the war against the Strike tribe.

The enemy of his son and the life and death of the city were at stake.

Byron had no choice but to go to the battlefield every day.

Perhaps that was why he had made a huge mistake.

Important items in the mansion had been stolen.

“Follow me.”

Byron led Havel and the others to a room.

There were many weapons displayed on the walls of the room.

They ranged from expensive-looking to worn-out.

“These are weapons used by the former city lords. We believe that the spirit of our ancestors resides in our weapons, so we keep them like this.”

So, as proof that they had become part of the city.

It was the tradition of the city for fathers to give weapons to their children.

There was just one among those weapons.

Havel recognized it.

A black blade and ornaments.

A sword that once shone like the Milky Way, now nothing but darkness remained.

It was the Sword of Stars.

On the previous floor, Havel had broken the Night God’s other weapon, the Spear of Stars.

So now, this was the only weapon of the Night God left.

Byron followed Havel’s gaze and picked up the Sword of Stars.

Then he held out the sword to Havel.

“If you are truly Havel, the Apostle of the Night God, you will be able to make the Sword of Stars shine.”

Havel knew why Byron had readily let them in.

He must have figured out a way to identify the Apostle of the Night in this way.

‘The Sword of Stars needs to be infused with quite a bit of Calamity for the Milky Way to shine.’

Even among those who handled Calamity, there weren’t many who could make the Sword of Stars shine.

So, it was quite an excellent way to identify the Apostle of the Night.

Havel accepted the Sword of Stars.

And then immediately began to pour Calamity into the Sword of Stars.

But soon, Havel’s eyebrows twitched.

He glanced at Byron with a subtle look.

His expression remained unchanged as he stared straight at Havel.

Does he not know?

Or is he still in the middle of testing me?

Whatever it means.

Havel stood still, holding the Star Sword.

Then, Elasia, who was behind him, gave a puzzled reaction.

“Sir Havel?”

She asked why he didn’t activate the Star Sword.

But Havel just silently held the sword.

After a while, Byran lets out a short chuckle.

“As expected.”

The moment he tried to open his mouth, he immediately poured Malice into the Star Sword.

Surprised by the Malice, Byran’s eyes widened.

He had been faint until now.

However, as he began to use his malice, his presence exploded.

Startled, he stopped speaking for a moment.

He wastedly realized what Havel was trying to do.

“Now, wait…”

It was too late when he tried to stop him in a hurry.

Snap!

With a sound, cracks began to form on the Star Sword.

Everyone was surprised to see the sight.

Clang!

A fragment of the broken sword flew in all directions.

The fragments of the sword hit the wall or rolled on the floor.

Everyone watched it, as if they had lost their souls.

Havel dropped the sword, which only had the hilt left, to the floor.

“Where is the real Star Sword?”

This sword is fake.

Havel had known it from the moment he held the sword.

“Fake?”

Fayod looked at Byran with a puzzled expression.

Then Byran bowed his head and remained silent.

Thud!

He soon knelt down and bowed his head to Havel.

“I greet the Night Lion!”

The Malice a short while ago.

That power was certainly enough to call him the Night Lion.

The fact that he had immediately noticed that the Star Sword was a fake was also proof that he was the Night Lion.

Havel pulled the chair next to him.

He sat down on a chair, crossing his legs lightly.

“Something has happened.”

Havel roughly grasped the situation by looking at Byron’s reaction.

And he realized that he hadn’t prepared a fake on purpose.

“Yes, I’m sorry. The Sword of the Star was stolen due to my negligence.”

It was stolen.

Havel raised his eyebrows when he heard that.

“The Sword of the Star was stolen. Who did it?”

“It was a group of imposters.”

Byron began to explain without hiding anything.

On the day the Stryke tribe invaded and he went out to fight, someone broke into his mansion.

Two members killed the guards, entered, and stole the Sword of the Star and ran away.

After that, he dispatched a search party, but the trail was cut off in the Stryke tribe’s territory.

In order to pursue them further, they would have to infiltrate the Stryke tribe’s territory.

In the end, the search party gave up the chase.

However, Byron couldn’t reveal that the Sword of the Star had been taken by a stranger.

The atmosphere in the city was already chaotic because of the Stryke tribe.

If they found out that the Sword of the Star had disappeared, there would have been an uproar.

So he sealed the search party’s mouths and temporarily decorated them with a fake Sword of the Star.

In such a situation, the Night Lion, who only appeared in legends, suddenly showed up.

From Byron’s point of view, he had nothing to say even if he was punished.

However, Havel didn’t really feel like punishing Byron.

Well, that was because Havel didn’t attach much significance to the Sword of the Star.

It was just a useful sword.

That was all.

However, there was something else that he was concerned about.

“Byron, when was the Sword of the Star stolen?”

“It was noon this week.”

This week.

Havel’s eyebrows narrowed as soon as he heard that.

If it was stolen this week, it would coincide exactly with the time when the floors of the tower changed.

“Then who was there when it was stolen?”

“For now, it seems that they were both humans. One was a man with long black hair and dark skin, and the other was a short woman with fair skin.”

Human, as soon as he heard that, Havel’s suspicions were confirmed.

As soon as the history of the floor changed, someone started to act.

‘Even if they heard about the legend of the Night Lion from the crows.’

It was too fast to steal the Sword of the Star that day.

It was safe to assume that they had known the information in advance.

“Owen, did you share anything about the Sword of the Star among the things that happened on the 73rd floor?”

Owen had been consistently sharing information with the Grazia family.

That was part of his job, after all.

His goal was to gather as much information as he could.

The more information from below that was reflected above, the more information he could gain from sharing it.

He had gotten approval for this from Habell.

“Ah, yes, that’s right.”

Owen responded hurriedly.

Habell finished organizing his thoughts.

“Byran, did they write something bad?”

Habell asked as a final confirmation.

Byran’s face hardened.

“Yes, that’s right.”

After hearing the reply, Habell lightly pressed on the nape of his neck.

“Then, someone from the Grazia family must have been captured by Memento Mori by now.”

Owen’s eyes widened.

He had realized what Habell was implying.

“Surely, Lady Baria wouldn’t have…”

“It’s not impossible.”

Owen’s face turned pale.

“…No. It’s not a possibility. It’s definitely Lady Baria. Our scouts have a rule.”

Owen raised his hand.

His fingers were covered in strange tattoos.

“If they’re caught by someone, their finger tattoos will be immediately ripped off in order to prevent them from spilling information.”

The Grazia book cannot be turned without a special tattoo.

If one were to forcefully turn the page, the book would just rip.

Furthermore, the entire Grazia book is encrypted.

If one were determined, it would be possible to deceive with information.

“However, it’s different if they’re direct descendants.”

The direct descendants of the Grazias do not need tattoos.

They could open the book freely.

Of course, their lives are more precious than information.

This is a type of transaction made when a direct descendant of the Grazias is caught.

A transaction of ‘don’t kill the direct descendant, and we’ll give you information.’

That’s why Owen was certain.

“It means that Lady Baria is safe for now.”

He could be relieved just by that.

“They’re intentionally luring you there.”

Baria would also have learned through the book that Habell was climbing the tower.

The Black Sword of the Star is an excellent weapon, but there’s no need to go through the trouble of stealing it.

And yet, they stole the Sword of the Stars the very same day.

It was because Memento Mori had overestimated the value of the Sword of the Stars due to the information chaos in Varia.

Varia had provided the information in their own way.

“Then!”

Owen’s face lit up.

He saw a way to save Varia.

“Yes, we’ll go after those two.”

Habell said so and looked back at Elassiya.

She smiled immediately and prepared her magic.

It was to track with light magic.

But soon, her face turned gloomy.

“Uh, uh.”

She let out a bewildered voice.

“Master Habell, I think someone has put up countermeasures against tracking magic over there. And it’s a fairly high-level magician.”

Elassiya is also a skilled magician.

However, if her opponent was of a higher level, her magic would be useless.

Elassiya seemed to be offended and bit her lip.

Habell stroked his chin.

“Elassiya, come here for a moment.”

Elassiya approached, though she was puzzled.

Then, as soon as she arrived in front of Habell, Habell raised his hand.

At that moment, Habell’s hand moved before Elassiya could even notice.

“Eek!?”

She screamed.

A strong heat was rising from various parts of her body.

At the same time, she felt her senses in front of her eyes becoming distorted.

It felt like a new sense had opened up.

“W, what is this, Master Habell?”

At that moment, Habell cast a curse.

“Kyaah!”

Then, she rolled on the floor, screaming.

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She felt the curse.

“That did it.”

Habell had learned how to cast curses when he had the Sword of the Stars.

So, just as the Whisperer had created a venomous snake.

He thought he could do it too, and as expected, he could.

“Now, try using light magic.”

“Y, yes.”

Habell spoke to Elassiya, who had barely calmed down.

She stumbled but tried tracking magic again.

“Ah, Ha, Sir Havel, I got him!”

Elashia exclaimed loudly.

She was able to use tracking magic thanks to the evil.

Elashia was a master of tracking magic.

Even though the other party was an excellent magician.

Since they both possessed the same evil, she had the advantage in tracking magic.

“What, what? What did you do? Do it for me too!”

Phiod spoke with a look of bewilderment.

He had been maintaining a sort of rivalry with Elashia.

So seeing Elashia gain something, he wanted it too.

Havel shrugged and poured the evil into Phiod’s body.

“Uwaagh!”

He also screamed and rolled on the floor.

The whole world seemed distorted because of the evil he suddenly felt.

“T, this, h, hahaha!”

Then he burst into a fit of laughter mixed with madness while lying on the floor.

“Do you want me to do it to you?”

Havel looked at Owen, who promptly shook his head.

“No, I’m okay.”

Owen’s motto was to live an ordinary life.