The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy

Chapter 214 – Side Story: The Strange Sword Saint of Earth – 1

-Is that a black sword, Mira?

-I think so.

-Why is that woman here? And she’s the boss inside the gate. I thought my eyes were weird.

The three of us were quietly whispering.

Since I had completely eliminated my presence with a stealth spell, if the secretary who was tense in front of me saw me, it would look like Priscilla and Elissier were having a serious conversation.

-Well, we’ll have to find out the reason from now on.

All I can say is that we really need to find out from now on. There’s no way we’ll come to a conclusion if we just talk it out here.

-If you’ve decided, let’s hurry. We have to get back quickly so we can enjoy the festival. What are we going to do if we stay here any longer?

Priscilla and Elisier stood up enthusiastically at my words. The secretary, who saw them, automatically cringed, but when the two told her to contact the Chlorine Guild, her expression brightened.

That means those two people also took it seriously enough to activate the emergency contact network. Of course they would be happy if they barely made it out alive after hanging on to the edge of a cliff.

“Yes, yes! I will tell the Guild Leader Hayoon and Guild Leader Kang Yena that they will be coming down to the Salt Guild right away! When will we set a time?”

“Right now.”

“Okay, I’ll get it ready right away!”

The secretary’s body disappeared at lightning speed. I confirmed that only three people were left and released the magic.

“Did the Black Star come through time? Or did he create a dimensional gate? Just like us.”

“That’s the most likely possibility, but… … how can you not have a Holy Spear and not know the coordinates of the Earth?”

The other seven people, excluding me, were able to head to Earth thanks to the Goddess and the Demon God finding out the coordinates of the dimensional gate, and it was thanks to Seongchang that we were able to return from Earth to the world in the novel.

Blackness did not fit into either of the two.

“I can’t completely rule out any possibility. Wasn’t the time when the swordsman disappeared unusual? Since he was a human who could cut steel with a blade of grass, it’s possible that he disappeared and reappeared while breaking through time or space.”

“Yeah, that’s true too.”

Although things got completely twisted when Erestica started hosting a summer festival, up until then, things were going exactly the same as they did in the now-disappeared time period.

Except for one thing, the disappearance of the swordsman. So, it wouldn’t be strange if something happened like Elisier said.

“Let’s go first. Judging from the fact that he only subdued the one who crossed the line and didn’t kill him, it seems like he’s not the type to completely ignore communication. Let’s go and check if he’s really the real Sword Saint.”

Is that guy the real Geumseong, or is he just something disguised as a Geumseong? If he’s the real Geumseong, does he remember us? If he doesn’t, what happened? Is there a way to restore his memories? If he’s fake, how did he come to be? Where did the real one go?

There were a ton of questions to ask.

Priscilla and Elisier went straight to the secretary, and I stood next to her, hiding myself with a stealth spell. I planned to seal the form of the summoned beast for the time being.

No matter how powerful a summoner is, if you take it with you everywhere you go, you could arouse unnecessary suspicion. They might ask, “Is it okay to use a summoner so carelessly when the cost is so expensive that it has to be split between seven people?”

“Hey! Let go of this! I’ll burn it all down?!”

As soon as we arrived near the place where the gate opened according to the coordinates set by the secretary, a half-tongued scream rang out.

A look of bewilderment spread across the faces of the hunters who had come out to greet Priscilla and Elisier. At least, it wasn’t a shout that had been agreed upon in advance. Wondering what was going on, they headed towards the place where the voice was coming from.

A brown-haired woman wearing a burning red suit of armor was struggling, surrounded by other hunters.

The nearby road was half-scorched, and the trees were all burnt. A hunter was lying on the ground, receiving treatment for something that had hit him. The cause was obviously that brown-haired woman.

“I am the second daughter of the leader of the Salt Guild.”

Priscilla whispered softly.

“It seems like they came here to seek revenge after their father and youngest brother were killed.”

-With that look of being drunk like that?

“I know…….”

While we were baffled, the woman’s struggles became more intense.

“Lee, let go! I said I would go in!”

“Please be patient! Hunter Hayoon and Hunter Kang Yena from the Eternal Guild will be arriving soon!”

“My family is dead! Why are those b*stards taking care of it?! My family is dead! Why!”

“If you want to hear the reason, I will tell you.”

Elisier, who had been listening silently, took a step forward.

The tense atmosphere that had been on the edge of a tense standoff suddenly became quiet. The hunters from the Yeomhwa Guild who had been trying to guide us from the side, but were now at a loss and looking flustered, slowly left their seats.

“Go, Guild Leader Kang Ye-na… … .”

The brown-haired woman called Elisier in a trembling voice. The hunters who had been holding her limbs retreated quickly. Elisier stood in front of her and looked down at the woman.

Even for a man, let alone a woman, Elisier is quite tall, with only a finger or two difference from me. Looking down at her with that height must be quite intimidating.

“Aren’t you going to answer? If you want to hear the reason why we came to deal with this gate instead of you, I said I would tell you.”

“No… … What I mean is… … .”

“It’s because you, the Salt Guild, neglected the reckless act of using the boss of an S-class gate as a sparring partner, because you, the Salt Guild, needlessly provoked the boss, and because you, the Salt Guild, committed unnecessary acts to create this situation. Do you understand?”

“… … .”

“Why did you arbitrarily make the boss, who was not even hostile to humanity, into this? If that thing comes out, are you sure you can stop it without harm? No, are you sure you can win before that? If you think you can win, go in and prove it. No, I will put you in it myself.”

Elisier grabbed her hair. A scream of “aaak” erupted. Her body was dragged towards the gate.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I made a mistake! I’m really sorry! Just this once! Please forgive me just this once!”

The brown-haired woman, who had been tapping her hair and her strong fingers alternately, cried out pitifully. Nevertheless, Elissier stopped only after reaching the very front of the gate.

The hand holding her hair swung roughly. With a thud, her body rolled on the floor. The brown-haired woman who had been hurriedly apologizing repeatedly disappeared into the distance.

In the atmosphere that had instantly frozen, most of the hunters belonging to the Salt Guild retreated following the guild leader. Only a few A-ranks remained to control the surrounding area.

“Keep guarding so no one comes in.”

“Yes! I understand!”

Elisier and Priscilla entered the gate, saluting the A-class hunters with their uniforms in full force. I followed them in quietly.

“Can you treat me that badly? You’re the guild leader?”

I asked as I lifted the hiding spell. I was surprised at how rough the hand was compared to what I had expected.

“You heard that girl call us ‘that brat’ too, didn’t you? Mira, we have more enemies than you can imagine. Even among our own kind. In the case of that woman, she holds a grudge against us because she didn’t allow her to advance to S-rank.”

I found out while searching the internet that due to the influence of the Eternal Guild, the S-rank promotion standards for hunters in South Korea are much stricter than those in other countries.

So, there are quite a few hunters who changed their nationality to another country and became S-class, but even so, they are still far from the Eternal Guild.

“We left it alone because it kept chewing us out in places we couldn’t hear, but now that we’ve caught it, shouldn’t we crush it once?”

If that was the case from the beginning, then I have nothing to say. The relationship that existed on Earth is their business.

“Wait a minute. You were chewing on something that I couldn’t hear? How did you know that?”

“… … .”

Elisier answered with a sullen smile. I knew what he was going to say, so I decided not to ask any more questions.

“Mira, look at this. It looks like that pond. It’s so clean you could drink it straight from the water.”

While we were doing that, Priscilla was checking the condition of the pond with Manaro and was amazed.

It’s exactly as the secretary briefed me. It was said that this was the first case of water clean enough for a human to drink was found inside the gate.

Some hunters who had come out of the makeshift boat were said to have been on vacation, so it didn’t seem impossible. Priscilla got up and looked around.

“So there’s a sword here… … .”

“I’m not sure. It could be fake.”

Considering that he was able to dice a human, his skill level seems to be considerable, but that alone does not guarantee that he is real.

Because the power balance on Earth is way below the world I was in.

“……wait for a sec.”

As they were about to go a little further inside, he hurriedly stopped the two people. Then he took out the eternity and drew a line in front of his feet.

“Why the sudden line?”

“This is the killing zone.”

“… …kill zone?”

“I just named it that because no specific word came to mind, but look closely.”

Seeing is believing. I picked up a stone and threw it gently across the line.

-Crunch!

The stone split into dozens of pieces in an instant. Priscilla and Elisier’s expressions hardened. Neither of them could have seen the disaster with their own eyes.

“Anyone who crosses this line will end up like that. I don’t know how that’s possible.”

“… … You managed to figure that out.”

“You too can notice it if you just concentrate. It’s hard to feel it at first, but once you become aware that there is something, it will be easy to recognize it.”

At my words, the two people closed their eyes. And soon after, they opened their eyes with surprised rabbit eyes.

“I’ll go first. You guys just wait here for a moment.”

He took out the Holy Spear in his left hand. If the one at the center of this killing zone is really the Black Sword, then honestly, Priscilla and Elisier will have a hard time breaking through.

Black Star was a character that Laura openly created by putting all sorts of buffs into for Leona’s growth. She even admitted that she had no idea how to kill him, so she just went missing.

He stepped over the line, using his physical enhancements and acceleration to their limits while recklessly exuding divine power. As soon as he did, an invisible slash flew towards his neck.

The trajectory was completely erased with the Holy Spear.

-Kagagagagagagak!

The nearby land was being torn apart incessantly. Even in a world that had slowed down to its limit, a slash would fly every four or five steps, making it impossible for even the most skilled people to approach.

I continued to advance, taking the slaughter as if pouring out my divine power. Just as I was starting to see the trajectory, there was someone in the space that I guessed was the backyard after passing the building.

“… … .”

A woman was kneeling in the garden, her eyes closed, her sword resting horizontally on her thigh, quietly meditating.

With brown hair, baggy clothes that looked like a yukata, and a scar engraved over one eye, he looked exactly like the Kensei in my memories.

“Your Majesty.”

Flinch, his body trembled slightly. Perhaps it was something that was only possible when he was in a state of extreme concentration, but the killing zone that had been covering the entire area dispersed like fog.

“… … I can hear voices that I shouldn’t be able to hear.”

Likewise, a voice identical to that of the black sword in my memory flowed out.

“Are these also the words of one who could not die when he should have… … .”

“What are you talking about? Do you think I should call you Rachel instead of your real name to make you come to your senses?”

Shudder! The trembling grew stronger. The closed eyelids slowly lifted, and sky-blue eyes appeared between them.

The sky-blue pupils facing me were filled with shock. The only remaining eye opened wide in disbelief.

“… …Mira, crate?”

“I can tell you’re not a fake since you recognize me, but what are you doing here?”

“Fake, fake… … I see. Could you wait a moment?”

The blacksmith slowly got up. But his posture was awkward. It was as if he was trying to balance himself with only one arm.

“… … Where did your right arm go?”

I wasn’t seeing things wrong. Where my right arm should have been, there was only the fluttering sleeve of my yukata. Kensei smiled bitterly.

“An arm is a cheap price to pay for shaking off the past.”