SWNOVELXO Chapter 210. Ego Sword
BANG!
In just a few seconds, a series of deafening noises erupted.
Brooklyn swung her axe repeatedly, like cutting through a thick old tree, relentlessly pressing her opponent without a moment’s respite.
Of course, the Korean Hunter was beaten down like a ball at a sports day, with no chance of resistance.
Where else could you find a battle with such little tension?
“Ugh!”
Honestly, if it weren’t for the blood of the Divine Tree, his head would have been separated by now.
Changing his lungs wouldn’t do much.
His total ability was still F-Class, so now he was simply breathing well while getting beaten up.
This might seem like the item chosen by the Great Mage was withstanding the fearsome S-Class assault.
But if you looked closer, it wasn’t so positively interpretable. Again, the [Divine Tree Sapling] had its limits.
To put it metaphorically, it had a durability comparable to that of an S-Class defensive Hunter.
If an S-Class defensive Hunter were to get hit to the point of a fatal injury, even their [Guard] wouldn’t hold up.
“Damn it! There’s no way out of this!”
POP!
Even when he opened the [Surprise Box!] in his pocket.
When he tried to suddenly summon the [Hydra], it was ultimately futile before a true S-Class Hunter.
“Ugh!”
CLANG!
As Gilyeo pulled out a sword from the Item Box, the dark beast sneered and struck the F-Class wrist.
As a result, Gilyeo lost the Hydra he had summoned.
They say if you draw a sword, you should at least slice something. To think he couldn’t even swing it once and ended up like this!
“No! My Hydra!”
PING-.
As the man’s longsword flew away, leaving a green trail.
Brooklyn bared her teeth and laughed like a beast.
“Ha-ha.”
This undefeatable strongman had now discovered the weakness of his prey.
“You’re really slow!”
In an instant, Brooklyn found confidence in her voice.
Right after that, her second awakening attribute was activated.
It was an absolute attack that seemed to slice through dimensions, ignoring all defensive functions.
Casting [Designated Cut].
Even if you wrapped it in the barrier of the Divine Tree, being struck by this would not leave you unharmed.
“Oh no!”
But this time, Gilyeo had a means of resistance.
Just before Brooklyn’s magic was complete, he performed some kind of maneuver on her body.
CRACK!
Then, the Earthling’s technique that was about to activate abruptly lost power and disintegrated futilely.
“Huh?”
If this didn’t work, he would have had to bury his nose in the washing water. Thankfully, as expected.
Brooklyn Morgan, due to her innate awakening level, had the same problem as Jeong Ha-seong.
A massive power that appeared overnight naturally led to difficulties with delicate control, and sorcerers with immature manipulation often faced great confusion with even minor disturbances to their internal mana.
To cut to the chase.
When Brooklyn cast a skill, losing even a tiny bit of her internal mana would instantaneously distort her senses and extinguish the magic in progress.
That’s right. What Gilyeo had just used was [Mana Burst], completed for the first time since his reincarnation.
“Got it!”
The [Mana Burst], crafted by the alien Great Mage, had a shocking damage value of only 0.35% compared to the soul strike of the Demirich…
However, with just this comical maneuver, it was enough to thwart Brooklyn.
Earthlings are, surprisingly, weak to trivial things.
They can die from a few grams of potassium, entrusting their heart muscles to a very fine current.
Perhaps this method could roughly block the healing techniques possessed by the opponent.
Seeing her magic thwarted, Brooklyn widened her eyes in surprise, though that good feeling was short-lived.
“Cancel the skill…?”
The woman, whose refined appearance contradicted the nickname Beast, tilted her head and quickly changed her tactics.
“I don’t know what kind of trick you’re pulling, but that guy’s body is too solid. I can’t tear him apart like I did with Nukelabi.”
Once.
Just like an F-Class Hunter had thought while gazing at the Unavoidable Malice.
“Then the answer is water.”
He recalled that Gilyeo was a being that breathed.
“Yeah. You’re right. Brooklyn. A person doesn’t always have to take a bath from the waist down.”
THUD!
THUD!
The American Hunter muttered internally while swiftly sealing the stone doors in the room.
Skill stones gathered from various dungeons.
Among them, the low-level skill [Water Ball], which he had fortuitously used due to its compatibility with his ability.
Brooklyn planned to throw this auxiliary skill “thousands” of times and flood the dungeon room completely.
There were many holes for the liquid to escape, but it didn’t matter. If some amount was wasted, he could just expend even greater energy to pour in more water.
Having lived a wild life for a long while, he could hold his breath longer than others. At least the chance of drowning first was minimal.
He didn’t know what kind of magic he would use.
Would that blond Oriental even be prepared for such a sudden entry?
That would be verified from now on.
“This…!”
Suddenly, the Beast came to a halt.
Gilyeo realized something as he observed the flow of magic within her body that began to boil.
“Water-type magic!”
The Beast was gathering momentum for a water torture.
Then, what should an F-Class Hunter do in this situation?
The effects of the [Divine Tree Sapling] merely reduced physical shock.
If the Beast filled the room with water and attempted to restrain him like a water snake, he could truly drown…
“Oh my God. I’m in danger of dying by water on a planet from the sea.”
If only a comrade would regain consciousness, there might be a chance to shift the situation, but the fallen rank 1 still showed no signs of movement.
“Wait.”
But at this moment.
A red one-handed sword entered his line of sight.
Before him, the Beast was preparing for a massive technique, and behind her lay the legendary wielder, unconscious…
WHOOSH!
The deliberation didn’t take long.
Gilyeo acted on the thought that flashed through his mind. He approached the unconscious rank 1 and grabbed the sword he was holding.
“Ha!”
Of course, the Beast sneered at this.
Seeing such a clumsy stance for holding a sword, even if such a sharp weapon was given to the slowpoke, what could he possibly do?
“Phew…”
But contrary to those expectations, Gilyeo had no intention of swinging Jeong Ha-seong’s sword directly.
What followed was an immediate physical transformation, gathering the mana of an F-Class.
Air flowed through his lungs.
Kim Gilyeo modified his body to detect “ultra-low frequencies that Earthlings cannot hear.”
Simultaneously, he added a transparent magic circle to both of his palms to create those waves.
The magic he prepared just in case he touched Jeong Ha-seong’s sword for the first time.
So from now on, all he had to do was face the truth of this weapon.
“…Well, I don’t know if you’ll understand me anyway, but what does it matter… Sigh, how did I end up with such a useless master that I can’t even see a common low-grade magic stone…”
Mumbling.
This was originally a phrase that Earthlings could not interpret.
This voice, which couldn’t even be imitated with human oral structures, was not a language of Earth.
Listening quietly, Gilyeo firmly gripped the red sword and activated the effect of the makeshift magic circle on his palm.
“Sob Sob. My lot in life~ having to rust away alone without any company… how sad…”*
“Hey.”
“You think it’s sad…?”
“Hey!”
“So sad.”
That’s right.
“Huh! What? Could it be that this creature is actually talking to me? Excuse me, but can you hear my voice…?”
“Yeah. I can hear you. I can hear you!”
In fact, the red sword hid an unimaginable truth.
“Ooooooh!”
The identity of the Sword of Sunset that Jeong Ha-seong carried around was actually an ego sword commonly encountered in legends!
A sword with a will!
【Note: Language used – Alphauri Language】
However, there was a slight fatal flaw in it for practical use on Earth.
*
What is [Legendary]?
This is a new item classification stage that has recently begun to emerge, and they were sophisticated beings that all the renowned appraisers of Earth declared to be impossible to analyze.
Thus, having only the legendary grade meant that the owner had no choice but to learn how to use it through practical experience.
One day.
In Connecticut, in the Northeastern United States, the true value of a treasure was first revealed.
An unidentifiable black book with intricate branch patterns like a corrupted World Tree on its cover.
This was another legendary treasure owned by the government of the United States.
The actual owner of this had accidentally activated its abilities while repeatedly challenging dungeons to learn about the capabilities of magic tools.
Much like the discovery of penicillin, this American inadvertently spoke the activation word while chatting with a friend.
The result was shocking.
He merely uttered a certain word, and suddenly an exit appeared before the adventurers munching on their sandwiches.
WHOOSH.
A type II dungeon where all the monsters in the nest must be defeated to clear it.
And then the suddenly appeared exit.
The American Hunter, combining all the information available, was utterly shocked.
“Oh my!”
In truth, it was a situation where all the monsters within a 1km radius had perished due to the light emitted by the book.
Thus, the American’s legendary item earned the grand title of [Book of Extermination].
For example, items like the Pyromancer Necklace.
This object took time to recharge energy once its power was depleted, making figuring out the exact spell very troublesome.
But it had a grade limit on the monsters it could annihilate, cooldown times, and a variety of other penalties.
No matter what penalties were attached, the value of that exquisite artifact could undoubtedly be revered as legendary.
And so, people subtly speculated that Ha-seong’s sword also had some great ability.
But little did they know that the hidden secret was of this sort.
“Master, today’s weather is expected to be cold with rain. But I also know you’ll go out unprepared again, so I don’t understand why I keep informing you like this. Right?”
The Sword of Sunset could actually converse with its owner!
This was perhaps a case of the indifference of an alien creature that created gates.
They carelessly tossed treasures they thought were good to lure Earthlings.
Yet, due to a lack of meticulous consideration, often these magic tools appeared in forms that Earthlings could not use.
“Now that I think about it, the timeframe for creating these experimental products was just when I was exterminating those guys.”
However, it was only now that a user capable of utilizing the functions of this ego sword emerged.
Possessing mana of F-Class.
Moreover, a bland man whose physical strength was only enough to open a tightly sealed container was a candidate to wield a legendary sword…
*
“Yahoo! Oh my! Finally, someone is listening to my voice! I’m so happy!”
Tremble Tremble Tremble.
The Sword of Sunset vibrated with joy.
But I, in stark contrast, was sweating profusely with a stiff face.
The reason I hadn’t stolen and used Ha-seong’s sword until now was quite significant.
“An experiment gone wrong…!”
I couldn’t cast the physical transformation magic I would use to communicate with this when I couldn’t fix my lungs.
After obtaining a dragon’s organ, I was afraid of being suspected when handling artifacts that Earthlings couldn’t use.
And now, the adverse effects this experimental product might cause made me hesitant to use it in various ways.
Yet, despite all that, I couldn’t let go of this legendary sword.
Whether it was sturdy or rotten, with the Beast growling right in front of me, shouldn’t I grab onto the lifeline?
“Damn it!”
Brooklyn was gathering magic power to fill the room with water in that very moment.
That awakened one could reattach a severed arm in an instant, so those few seconds would unconsciously seem negligible to her.
There was no sense of urgency.
The opponent was probably not even contemplating the chances of instant death.
Thus, this was the first and last chance for the weak.
“If I can’t kill in one shot, I’ll be the one to die!”
Ugh.
I hastily input the activation phrase while firmly gripping the Sword of Sunset.
“Hey! Let’s do that! Do it now!”
“I beg your pardon?”
“The thing you do best. Do it quickly!”
“Ah-ha.”
Once it reached this point, it was all or nothing.
“Understood! Then, I will execute the spell registered in Memorize Sequence 1…”
“Warning: You don’t have enough activation mana to execute. If you ignore this and proceed…!”
“Ignore and enforce.”
“Warning: Are you really going to execute…?”
“Yeah. It’s fine. Hurry!”
No matter how experimental the magic tool was, there was no way it would kill its owner! Right?