Episode 911
Mount Poulan, west of Montiro.
A silver bead was buried between the green valley, and black magic energy was slowly blooming around it.
“… .”
Buren stood in front of the valley as if guarding the silver orb and placed his hand on the sword soldier.
As he was watching the demon energy being absorbed into the orb, heavy footsteps were heard from down the mountain.
“The author… .”
Buren narrowed his eyes as he looked at the small man coming up the valley.
‘Champion of the arena. No, I should say the five heroes.’
When Raon came to inspect the arena, it was Roof, a fighter who instantly trampled his opponent and won, and one of Montiro’s five heroes.
“Was it you?”
Loop moved his neck, which looked as thick as a log, from side to side.
“Are you using the same trick?”
He was not a hero, but showed a gangster-like attitude and a cold look in his eyes. He seemed to already have the whole situation figured out.
“Trick? I don’t know what you’re talking about. “I just climbed the mountain because I liked the view.”
Burren shrugged his shoulders like he didn’t know anything.
“Why don’t we just fight in the arena? “Nari, the hero.”
He waved his hand and told me to go back.
“Let alone the marble stuck behind you… .”
Loop let out a weak laugh.
“I don’t know what they’re trying to do when they threaten to kill me.”
He shook his head as if it was absurd.
“Well, okay. Actually, I’m not interested in magic circles or anything like that.”
Loop shrugged his shoulders as he walked in front of Buren.
“It doesn’t matter whether you are Sieghart or Owen. There is only one thing I wish for. “The only thing I’m curious about is whether or not your sword satisfies me.”
He took a long sip as if he was looking forward to it.
“how is it? “Can you accommodate my picky taste?”
“Taste it and if you don’t mind having your tongue cut off, then go for it.”
Buren pulled out the sword from his belt and shook his chin.
“There were a lot of knife fighters who said that to me… .”
Loop smiled slightly and put on leather gloves with a black bison engraving on them.
“What about you?”
He disappeared before my eyes, engulfed in red aura.
Paaaaaa!
Loop reappeared under a rock embedded in the valley. He extended his fist towards Burren’s waist, seemingly not really interested in the marble.
Sssssssssssssssss.
Buren turned his ankle and raised his sword diagonally, as if reading Loop’s every move.
Hahaha!
When the sword and fist collided, a loud noise like a piece of metal being crushed erupted.
Loop’s hands were fine, and the bison gloves he wore were not torn, as if they were special artifacts.
Chiiik!
Burren and Loop each took three steps back and looked at each other.
“Is there a good response?”
Loop said his senses were sharp and took a quick bite.
“It just lacks sharpness. “My hands are fine.”
He lifted his chin, pointing to his unscathed hand and glove.
“I was just guessing your level.”
Buren calmly shook his head and then created a force made of blue wind.
“I hope the sword isn’t bland.”
Loop parted the corners of his mouth and stood on tiptoe. He rushed from the left with his red aura even thicker.
“Don’t worry.”
Buren flashed his cold eyes and pulled out his sword. A stream of cold wind fell toward Loop’s neck.
“It’s faster.”
Loop let out a small exclamation and thrust his fist covered in red aura towards Burren’s sword.
Hahaha!
The second clash of sword and fist. Similar to the first time, Burren and Loop were pushed back four steps each and pointed their swords and fists at each other.
Pop. Pop.
Loop’s leather gloves were torn, and red blood flowed from underneath them. Burren’s strength pierced the red aura and cut off his skin.
“This one is pretty spicy.”
Loop curled his lips as he looked at the wound from his fist.
“Today’s meal won’t be bad.”
He nodded, as if he was actually glad he was hurt.
“… .”
Buren frowned as he looked at Loop, who had taken a sip of his food.
‘He’s the same personality I saw in the arena.’
Loop showed his fighting skills in the arena by throwing his solid body and using his strength to subdue his opponents, and he seemed to fight the same way in actual battles.
‘It won’t be difficult to take the time.’
Loop is clearly a strong warrior, but if he fights by retreating and accumulating damage, he seems to be able to hold out until the magic circle opens.
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“It would be easy for you.”
Loop rubbed the back of his neck and nodded.
“What does that mean?”
“I think I can use my own strength.”
As he laughed and stomped his feet, black magic energy began to burn above the red aura.
“Magi… .”
Buren chewed his lip as he looked at the black scales growing on the back of Loop’s hand.
‘As expected.’
Raon and his father expected that the demons who found out about the magic circle would openly use their magic power, and it was just as they said.
Loop sprayed an enormous amount of magical energy as if he didn’t care if he was caught.
“Don’t die cold.”
The loop rushed in, crushing the thick ground. He no longer swerved and fired his fist straight ahead.
“Whoa.”
Burren let out a low breath as he watched Loop rushing towards him in a split second.
‘There is no need to fight head on.’
This land is the land of the Black Tower, and the opponent is a demon who uses magic energy. It was foolish to fight head-on when the enemy had the advantage.
‘but… .’
I want to fight stupidly this time.
It’s not about pride or anything like that. I didn’t want to fight on the run against the scum of the Black Tower that even took advantage of children like Lencia.
I wanted to cut that guy’s head off with my own sword.
Cheeeeee!
Buren did not back down, but drew a sharp slash of his sword wind towards Loop’s fist.
Hahaha!
The third clash of sword and fist. The same loud noise of metal being broken erupted, but this time the result was different.
Tddudeudeuk!
Burren was pushed back eight steps and fell to one knee, while Roof did not move a single step from that spot.
“Uhm… .”
Buren narrowed his eyes as he looked at his trembling hand.
‘There’s this much difference?’
I knew that Loop would become stronger, but I had no idea that he would suddenly rise from a level similar to mine to grandmaster level.
The difference was so stark that it was almost absurd.
“Isn’t it difficult to be surprised?”
Loop smiled slightly and shook out his fist.
“It starts now!”
He shouted, “Let’s play more,” and thrust his pot-lid-like fist into his abdomen.
“Big.”
Burren let out a shaky breath and stretched out the defensive blade of the Sakpung Sword in front of his chest.
Haha!
The sword that blocked Loop’s fist bent as if it would break, but barely stopped.
The force was so strong that my foot was pushed out of its own accord, leaving deep footprints on the floor.
‘The power has become stronger.’
A tearing pain arose in my grip, which had been wielding a sword all my life. It felt like I had hit an unbreakable metal, not a human being.
“Feel so good! Stay the same! “Don’t break down!”
Loop rushed forward with a twisted smile as if he was in a good mood.
“Ask me one question.”
Buren shook his head, barely able to block Loop’s blow.
“What did you think when you saw the children with black hearts?”
“Do you think it will break if you hit it?”
Loop grinned as if he didn’t even see Lencia as a human.
“okay. Then you don’t have to worry.”
Burren pursed his lips and straightened his back. He did not back down this time, but raised his sword with a flickering blue light.
“Because your head will fall off before I break down.”
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“Huh… ”
Burren hit his back against the stone wall rising at the end of the valley and took a deep breath.
He took off his tattered coat and uniform and wiped the blood that flowed from his mouth.
“You are the Sieghart you abandoned.”
Loop nodded, saying he understood now.
“… .”
Burren looked at Loop with sunken eyes and said nothing.
“I heard it. 3rd team leader of Gwangpungdae. “He acts like the head of the unit, but his skills are the weakest among the leaders, right?”
Loop bobbed his head as if laughing.
“I heard that you are a noble master himself, and the way he took it from the front wasn’t bad.”
“I didn’t want to back down from someone like you.”
“I guess I didn’t know, but that was the correct answer.”
When he raised his fist, a hook-like magical energy bloomed on the black scales.
“If you run away to avoid my fist, your heart will be ripped out by the hook. “You probably didn’t know, but it saved your life.”
Loop waved his hand, saying he was lucky.
“But that luck is coming to an end.”
He now seemed to have lost interest in Buren, and his eyes, which had been burning with speculation, calmed down.
“Your sword cannot pierce my demon energy. “If I had met other guys, I would have had a hard time, but they didn’t get along well with me.”
Loop clenched his hands into fists filled with black magic energy.
“I’m not interested in broken toys, so I’ll break that head now.”
He took a charging stance, burning his black magic energy as if he wanted to end it once and for all.
“… .”
Buren didn’t say anything even after hearing Loop’s murderous words.
He simply raised his sword like when he first started the battle.
“I don’t even have the strength to speak anymore.”
Loop clicked his tongue and started walking. He leapt forward ten paces and thrust his fist straight into Burren’s heart.
Oh my!
Buren barely raised his sword to block it, but black blood poured out of his mouth as if he had been severely shocked.
“You struggle until the end. “If you do that, the pain will only continue.”
Loop frowned, saying it was annoying, and fired a series of blows.
Whoa whoa!
Even though Buren was hit by Loop’s blows that raged like a storm, he did not lower his sword or retreat, but held on to the spot.
“I mean, just die! “I’m sick of it now!”
Loop gritted his teeth as if he was dissatisfied with Burren’s persistence and unleashed a stronger attack of magical power.
“… It’s as you said. “I am the weakest among the leaders.”
Buren opened his dry lips with difficulty.
“But do you know why I am here alone?”
“what… ?”
“Because I gained the trust of Jeonju.”
He drew a beautiful line with his blood-soaked red lips.
“To repay that trust, I swung my sword day and night.”
Burren’s sword began to push away Loop’s fist, with blue sparks flying.
“I haven’t missed a single day since returning. “I devoted all my time to the sword.”
From the time he was in Sieghardt after returning from duty until he arrived at Montiro. And even when he was resting at his temporary headquarters, he never missed a single day, swinging his sword.
I could never give up, even if only to repay the faith of my father and Raon, who trusted me and entrusted me with this place.
“Why is the wind… .”
Loop’s eyes widened as if surprised by Buren’s increasingly strong wind.
“I am the worst at enduring. “I can’t even stand pain.”
In fact, I have been impatient since childhood. In order to be accepted by his father, he only pretended to be an adult on the outside, but in reality, he had a less patient personality than Dorian.
“But I can’t back down today.”
He had to endure until the end for the sake of Lencia and the other children who were more mature than him and lived proud lives.
“Then just die!”
Loop put his arms behind his back. The young black magic energy in his fist multiplied dozens of times, creating a pitch-black thunderbolt.
“ha… .”
Burren closed his eyes as he watched the storm of demonic energy rushing towards him, completely blocking his vision.
‘You don’t need to see it.’
I feel it.
The most common criticism I heard from both Raon and my father was that I always lacked confidence.
Because he was the weakest among the Gwangpungdae leaders, his self-esteem was low without him even realizing it.
But now it’s different.
It doesn’t matter if you are the weakest or the lowest. The important thing is to not be shaken by yourself.
Sssssssssssssssssss.
Burren slashed his wind-infused sword. That sword was like the sword of Raon, who was always watching from behind, and it was also like the sword of his father, whom he admired his whole life.
Quaaaaa!
A sword strike as thin as a breeze cut through the huge demonic force and fell on Loop’s head.
Oh my!
However, the demon energy protecting Loop’s body was not pierced by the wind sword and created a flame that was thicker than the first time.
“Haaa… .”
Buren let out a tired breath, his fingertips trembling as if he had run out of strength.
“Well, it was dangerous, but this is your limit!”
This was when Loop felt Burren’s sudden change and was about to quickly deliver the final blow.
“no. “This is the end.”
Buren slowly opened his eyes. A pure breeze blew over his blue eyes.
‘To be a grand master is to pursue one’s own ideals.’
What he has pursued since childhood is pride in his family, and what he seeks is a sharp yet elegant sword to protect that family.
Hwaaaaa!
His own thoughts, which he had cherished since he was a boy wearing Sieghart’s cloak, bloomed from the silver sword.
The season of Sakpunggeom.
Wind chime god.
A strand of wind unraveling like a thread tore through the black magic energy and penetrated Loop’s body.
Oh my!
A deep crack opened on Loop’s body, which had not been scratched by any sword strike.
A soft blue light emanated from the gap created by the wind that passed without a sound.
Sigh!
When Buren lowered his sword, the sword mark on Loop’s chest widened and a dark blue wind blew out.
“To you, to you… .”
Loop collapsed on the spot without even being able to say his last words.
Even the black demonic energy with the ability to regenerate faded away without being able to join his body.
“… “Is this the Grand Master?”
Buren collapsed on the spot and laughed.
“I don’t feel it. I still feel like I’m weak alone. but… .”
I kept my promise.
Now, rather than becoming a Grand Master, I felt like I was flying just by keeping Raon and my father’s faith.
“No, it’s not over yet.”
Burren stood up again, holding his sword. He stood firmly and raised his sword as if he would not open this path no matter who came.
The blue wind blowing from behind seemed to place the cloak of childhood on Burren’s back.
