The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality - Chapter 97



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Mount Ataine.

In front of the entrance to the mountain, a short distance away from the Phileo Kingdom.

A man with silver hair, close to being white, landed.

He tilted his head and looked up at the lush mountain.

The mountain was very quiet.

Not only animals, but even insects had disappeared, making the mountain endlessly quiet.

Mount Ataine was stranger than ever.

BAM!

“Ah, uh, sh*t.”

At that moment, someone appeared, breaking the silence.

With jet-black hair and thick, dark skin.

The savage nicknamed Baroota, a member of Memento Mori.

He was exhausted from chasing after Havel, panting heavily.

“Weakling.”

Havel, who had been watching Baroota, said curtly.

Baroota wanted to protest,

but his panting breath prevented him from uttering a single word.

“Let’s go in.”

Havel left Baroota behind and headed into the forest.

Clearly, he was not deterred by the obvious trap.

Watching him, Baroota realized once again,

that this man was an incredibly formidable opponent.

Could Memento Mori really defeat him?

‘Maybe if the Ghost King shows up.’

Baroota made a vague expression, guessing at the main force’s combat power.

At least they had Ridark in the main force.

But what if even Ridark was defeated?

‘The Ghost King said he was interested. He’ll definitely come.’

If that had happened, it was impossible to predict what would have become of the Tower.

The moment Havel and the Ghost King clashed.

‘An entire floor might be annihilated that day.’

And for Memento Mori, that would be their last resort.

To damage the floor so badly that it would be impossible to clear.

The Overlord, who didn’t want the Tower to be cleared, would naturally do such a thing.

‘But what if even the Ghost King fails to defeat that human?’

What would happen then?

Baroota laughed in vain, thinking about the future.

He never thought that he, who had lived as he pleased, would come to worry so much.

The world was truly vast.

“Hmm.”

That was when it happened.

Baroota’s sensitive nose, which had detected a familiar scent in the forest, reacted first.

‘This is.’

Baroota noticed the forest gradually turning red.

As if the autumn leaves were changing color.

The forest, which was turning crimson, was incredibly bizarre.

Barutoga’s head turned back belatedly.

Then, everything there was red, just like the path ahead.

It was like telling him there was no way to go back.

“Barutoga.”

Habel, who had been admiring the scenery, called out to Barutoga.

Barutoga fulfilled his role as he watched his leisurely appearance.

“It’s the work of the twins who handle the barrier. This is the twins’ illusion barrier.”

Now that he’s been captured as a prisoner.

Barutoga obediently gave out information since there was nothing more to hide.

Habel slowly stroked his chin and looked around.

Then, as if he didn’t feel anything strange, he started walking again.

“Wait, are you just going to keep going?”

Barutoga hurriedly followed him and asked.

He knows Habel is strong, but isn’t he too calm in the enemy’s barrier?

“We’ll find out if we keep going, won’t we?”

The reason why Habel was so calm was simple.

Habel just wished that Memento Mori’s main force would come out sooner.

He wasn’t worried about this situation at all.

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Barutoga was astonished by Habel’s indifferent appearance.

“Are you just going to die here?”

Habel laughed sarcastically at his blunt words.

“I’ve already lived long enough to give up my life.”

Barutoga thought he was only in his mid-twenties.

However, the traces of time in Habel’s eyes were very deep.

Barutoga couldn’t understand its meaning.

Habel and Barutoga started walking through the barrier.

It didn’t take long for Habel to figure out the identity of the barrier.

‘Is it a pattern that keeps going in the same place?’

A forest made up of only red.

The scenery is definitely changing little by little.

However, Habel noticed that his steps kept going around the same place.

That wasn’t all.

The barrier was shrinking more and more as time passed.

As if trying to solidify it with the barrier.

Thud!

At that moment, a loud echo followed.

They also realized that Habel had noticed the structure of the barrier.

Perhaps because of that, the barrier began to shrink rapidly.

“You twin bastards, you abandoned me!”

Barutoga, who belatedly noticed this fact, inspired in protest.

Yet, his cries could not reach the twins.

Bringing down Havel was more urgent than Barutoga.

“Hey, in a minute, this barrier will be completely tightened!”

Barutoga inspired at Havel in an urgent voice.

He had his evil armament taken away by Havel.

So he had no choice but to rely on Havel.

Havel gazed at the tightening red sky.

After a while, Havel slowly raised his blade.

“Breakthrough.”

Along with the short exclamation, aura flared on Havel’s blade.

The moment Barutoga saw the sight, he felt a chill.

Havel’s blade stretched out in front of him.

At that moment, a tragedy sprang out from the blade.

The tragedy, imbued with light, instantly clashed against the barrier’s wall.

Thud!

Following the extended tragedy, the barrier stretched out like gum.

The tragedy continued to extend, and the barrier stretched further and further.

Then, the entire barrier began to destabilize.

The tragedy continued to advance without stopping.

Because of that, it was exceeding the allowable size of the barrier.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

The resonance of the barrier grew louder.

Before long, the barrier, which was about to tighten around Havel, expanded beyond its allowable size.

After a while, it went far beyond the limit.

Crack!

Along with the sound of glass breaking, cracks appeared here and there on the barrier.

With that as the end, the barrier collapsed with a loud noise.

The red sky shattered like pieces of glass and scattered.

As the blue sky returned beyond it, Barutoga was barely relieved.

If it hadn’t been for Havel, he would have become a model for the barrier.

However, he soon noticed that it was not the end.

Outside the collapsing barrier, a large amount of evil armament was swirling.

“Wh, what!”

Barutoga let out incoherent words as if screaming.

“Bombardment!”

And he knew well the owner of the evil armament that was now swirling.

The one with the most lethal ability within Memento Mori.

Bombardment.

He had been preparing an explosion outside the barrier from the beginning.

This was a plan that had been decided in advance.

First, if the twins’ barrier could capture Havel, that would be the greatest result.

Second, even if the barrier failed, the prepared bomber would carry out the attack.

From the moment the twins’ barrier closed in.

The bomber’s bomb was already prepared to explode at any time.

Havel’s eyes caught sight of the bomber.

His whole body had turned pitch black, and he was burning fiercely.

In the midst of such fiery heat.

The corner of the bomber’s mouth, who was facing Havel, slowly turned up.

The sight of only the black corner of his mouth turning up was creepy to behold.

And that was the signal.

“Crazy!”

The moment Barutoga hurriedly turned around, trying to escape with his life.

A violent flash of light spread out, centered on the bomber.

And as the flash of light condensed, the area blew up.

KWA-BOOOOOOOOOOM!

An explosion like a mountain collapsing devoured everything around it.

Flames of conflagration blazed, and black smoke covered the sky.

It was enough to make one think that a volcano had erupted.

The explosion of the bomber, who had condensed the bomb, was incredibly powerful.

Amidst the explosion that blew away everything in the vicinity.

The bomber, spewing black smoke from his mouth, raised his head.

His body, which had been pitch black, was gradually returning to its original color.

However, only his two hands were still pitch black.

Those hands were his gauntlets.

“Twins, are you safe?”

At his call, a crackling sound could be heard from somewhere.

When the bomber turned his head, there were twins, a boy and a girl, standing there.

The two, who looked to be only in their mid-teens, were holding hands tightly.

However, the barrier that was firmly in place around their bodies was extraordinary.

It was so strong that it could withstand even the bomber’s explosion.

They were the twin barrier users who belonged to the same Memento Mori.

The bomber scratched his arm with his finger as he looked at the two of them, who were unharmed.

“I think Barutoga was here just now. Should I have blown him up too?”

When the bomber asked, the boy of the twins replied.

“I don’t think it matters since he’s been captured and is probably spilling everything.”

They had known of Barutoga’s presence since they had trapped him in the barrier.

The boy had also seen Barutoga’s attitude towards Havel.

So he thought that even if Barutoga was blown up, he would have nothing to say.

“As long as Lord Lidark doesn’t scold us, I guess it’s okay.”

The moment the bomber with lips as black as his skin contrasting with his snow-white face let out a short laugh,

Poof!

An arm shot out of the pitch-black smoke and reached for the bomber.

At that moment the twins saw that arm, they hurriedly put up a barrier around the bomber.

The bomber’s head was caught in the barrier and slammed to the floor.

Kwaa!

Silver hair that was almost white fluttered above the bomber who was embedded in the floor up to his neck.

Even though some of his face was smudged with soot from pushing through the smoke.

It couldn’t extinguish his blazing blue eyes.

“Ugh.”

At that moment, a flash of light gathered in the black gloves of the bomber who raised his arms.

And the moment the black glove was about to explode.

Swish!

In an instant, two severed wrists rolled on the floor.

Havel’s blade had moved without anyone noticing.

“I won’t give you a second chance.”

Even though he had clearly struck with his blade, the sight of the severed wrists was extremely strange.

Havel stepped on the bomber who had lost his wrists and kicked him away.

What caught his eye were the twins fleeing in a hurry.

The area around the twins was soon tinged with red.

The barrier from the orb the twins were holding began to activate.

If this continued, the twins would disappear forever inside the barrier.

However, without batting an eye, Havel stretched out his hand towards the barrier.

Snap!

Soon, the atmosphere distorted and was caught in Havel’s hand.

Then, without a moment’s hesitation, Havel yanked at the atmosphere.

Groan!

Then, the twins rose into the air with the barrier that had just begun to form.

They belatedly noticed that Havel had pulled them.

The boy among the twins immediately let go of the girl’s hand and pushed her away.

“O-oppa!”

She screamed and reached out, but the boy didn’t grab her.

Instead, the orb that had somehow ended up in the girl’s hand gave off a fierce red light.

“Reina, run away!”

The boy who was being dragged was grabbed by the nape of his neck by Havel.

However, there wasn’t an ounce of mercy in Havel’s eyes.

“If you want to be together that much.”

The boy’s body suddenly rose into the air.

“Be together.”

Then, Havel immediately threw the boy like a shot put.

“Agh!”

As the screaming boy flew towards her in an instant, the girl hastily dispelled her barrier.

If the barrier and the boy collided as is, the boy would be blown to smithereens.

Boom!

“Gyah!”

The girl who received the boy screamed as the twins fell together.

Just before the two of them hit the ground.

Thud!

Someone appeared from nowhere and caught the two of them.

The skull face was revealed to be dyed black.

The sinister body and steel pants underneath were bizarre to look at.

And yet, even that individuality was meaningless.

The ominous presence rising from his body was off the charts.

“Ri, Dark-nim.”

As the twin girls called his name, he quietly put them down.

Red eyes gleamed from between his skulls.

He was Ridark, the captain of Memento Mori’s main force.

“I had a feeling.”

The two unconscious people disappeared into the shadows while murmuring.

And soon, the exploding demon also disappeared into the shadows.

“My expectations were blown away.”

Habell, who had ruthlessly crushed the exploding demon and the twins, leisurely picked his ear.

Then he blew on his finger that picked his ear and flicked his sword.

“Are you the captain called Ridark?”

Habell had heard information about him from Baratuga and Merimori beforehand.

So he asked just to be sure, and Ridark raised the bracelet on his hand.

“If that’s the case.”

Seeing him take a stance as if he would fight at any moment, Habell laughed shortly.

“I’ll take you on.”

Just like he always did.