Chapter 100
Chapter 100
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 100
Chapter Title: Mad Sword Hela (2)
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‘Why…… am I fighting right now?’
Logan swung his sword at Aldred while lost in thought. His memories were fragmented like a puzzle with missing pieces, cluttering his mind.
‘Clearly, I came back with the sword…….’
He had returned to the mansion and swung it around with a satisfied expression.
There had been a nagging unease, but it was undeniably an extraordinary sword.
With this, reaching his dream of becoming a Sword Master seemed straightforward.
But……
‘That’s not enough.’
The second Sword Master of Talua Kingdom.
That title was truly glorious.
But for Logan, it wasn’t sufficient.
‘I need power that can surpass Aldred……!’
Aldred Ribina.
Unless he could surpass him—one of the Continental Seven Heroes—no matter how strong he became, he would remain nothing more than second place.
That was when a voice emanated from the sword once again.
「Break the seal.」
Gulp.
Logan unwittingly swallowed dryly.
The seal must exist because some danger lurked within.
However, if he broke the seal and claimed the hidden power……
‘No one will be able to look down on me anymore.’
His memories ended there.
Before he knew it, he was relentlessly swinging his sword at Aldred, pressing the attack.
‘Whatever, it doesn’t matter.’
Doubts lingered, but at this point, it didn’t matter.
His long-cherished desire was on the verge of fulfillment.
He felt no hint of defeat. The more he swung the sword, the more power surged through him.
His latent mana amplified over time, and his body never tired.
“Aldred! This time, I’ll crush you for sure!”
Logan roared ferociously and charged at Aldred.
Amusingly, the figure he cut bore no trace of the noble Sword Master he had so admired.
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The ground shook and flipped over.
Each clash of swords whipped up gusts of wind, cracking the earth.
Kwaaaang!
As Logan kicked off the ground, the shockwave alone caused surrounding buildings to crumble in heaps.
Yet Ribina Count casually swatted him with his sword, slamming him into the ground.
Heaven-Severing Tyrant Sword.
It was a domineering swordsmanship befitting its name.
There was no shortfall in calling it the representative sword art of Talua.
‘As expected of one of the Seven Heroes.’
Sixth of the Continental Seven Heroes, the Red Lion Aldred Ribina.
He displayed prowess that fully lived up to his fame. Each swing of his sword unleashed a sonic boom that reverberated through the surroundings.
Kwa-gwa-gwang!
Crimson aura bore down on Logan like a press, striking repeatedly.
The ground split with every blow, dirt and stones scattering in all directions. It was a scene like an earthquake.
If I hadn’t witnessed Damian and Gransesia’s battle, I might not have accepted the sight before me as reality.
‘But…….’
Logan Deolic, wielder of Mad Sword Hela, was no ordinary foe either.
Logan’s body was riddled with gruesome wounds from being torn apart, but they healed in an instant.
It was impossible to think of him as a mere human.
“Spare me!”
That wasn’t all.
Leveraging his overwhelming regenerative power, Logan endured Ribina Count’s attacks and slowly advanced.
Then, commotion erupted among those evacuating from the rear.
Suddenly, some began gasping for breath and withering away like mummies.
‘As Jade said…….’
The realm possible for humans.
Jade had put it that way.
Judging from the current situation, Logan was clearly affecting the surrounding area somehow.
‘Is that the power of the Madness Disaster?’
I hurried to where the knights had formed their lines, caught my breath, and checked the settings for Mad Sword Hela in Logan’s grasp.
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[Mad Sword Hela]
Fourth Disaster, Madness Disaster.
A demonic sword forged long ago by dwarves aiming to surpass the Seven Heavenly Swords.
Sealed for ages in a ruin in the Kezman Mountains, it was discovered by Jerbisia and awakened as the Madness Disaster.
It passed through many owners before finally reaching Talua Kingdom.
It absorbs the life force of living beings within a certain radius, granting the wielder near-immortal regeneration and physical abilities beyond limits.
The more life force absorbed, the stronger the granted power becomes.
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Perhaps because it provoked a confrontation with Fabian, who wielded Extreme Sword Deltoid.
Mad Sword Hela’s ability was strikingly similar to Extreme Sword Deltoid’s.
The differences were that Hela granted regeneration rather than stamina, and it did so by draining life force from surrounding life forms.
‘Indeed…… he looks fatigued despite the wounds.’
Even with Mad Sword Hela in hand, Logan was no match for Ribina Count. Ribina Count held a clear advantage, overwhelming him.
Yet Ribina Count oddly showed signs of exhaustion.
Of course, it was a tough fight, so fatigue was expected, but this was distinctly different.
He was undoubtedly being drained of life force by Mad Sword’s power as well.
[Against living beings, it’s practically invincible.]
‘Indeed.’
Ribina Count’s ability to fight on against such power was truly astonishing.
But it wouldn’t last long.
No, the longer it dragged on, the worse the situation would get.
They needed to end it quickly before Hela absorbed more lives and spiraled out of control.
“Banheart Count?!”
I leaped over the knights forming lines and dashed into the fray between Logan and Ribina Count.
The knights behind me spotted me and shouted in surprise, but I had no time to respond.
‘An unpleasant sensation.’
The moment I passed the defensive lines, an unpleasant feeling washed over my body.
Just before Hela’s power affected me, I swiftly released Genova.
As Genova’s blade took on a golden hue, my figure shot forward at a speed incomparable to before.
“You……!”
Sensing my approach, Logan’s gaze turned to me.
Ribina Count seized the opening and swung at Logan’s neck.
He wasted neither a glance nor a breath.
Focusing solely on the enemy before him, he poured in everything.
“Urgh! Aldred……!”
He couldn’t block it.
Ribina Count’s sword pierced toward Logan’s neck in an instant.
“What in the world……!”
Immediately after, Ribina Count’s eyes widened in shock. His strike couldn’t pierce the skin and bounced off.
Hela, having siphoned much of the Seven Hero’s power, granted Logan a strength that even a Sword Master’s blow couldn’t penetrate.
“Gah!”
Logan kicked Ribina Count in the chest while he hesitated in surprise.
Kwaang!
With a sound like hammered metal, Ribina Count slid back and crashed into a collapsed building.
“It’s over!”
Logan rushed at the fallen Ribina Count and brought his sword down vertically.
But my sword struck his first.
Kaaang!
“……!”
Evidently not expecting me to deflect it so easily, Logan’s blackened eyes widened slightly.
“Clay, Clay Banheart! You always get in my way!”
“You keep doing stupid things.”
I grinned fiercely as I stared at Logan, now right in front of me.
Logan’s body was gradually shedding its humanity.
Once similar in height to me, he now towered over two meters and was still growing.
His muscles and skeleton warped, transforming him into a monster.
“You whelp think you can stop me?!”
Deolic swordsmanship unfolded from that massive frame.
He had hidden it well, but as expected, his skill far surpassed Byan’s.
Combined with Mad Sword Hela’s power, he had reached a realm beyond human limits.
Yet I calmly assumed my stance.
“Sorry, but I know Silver Star Sword better than you.”
Unfair as it was.
Kakakakakang!
Genova and Hela clashed repeatedly, sparks flying.
In a flash, dozens of exchanges filled the air.
‘Impressive as expected.’
Deltoid’s ability was simple, but its effect rivaled any of the Seven Heavenly Swords.
No, for me, no ability matched as perfectly.
I had acquired various powers through setting additions, but my lacking physical prowess prevented full utilization.
Deltoid filled that gap in an instant.
The moment Deltoid’s power activated, sword techniques I had only understood intellectually were perfectly reproduced.
“I’ve surpassed even Aldred……! So why can a nobody like you……!”
“I know.”
“What?”
“I know everything about Silver Star Sword. Even things you don’t.”
The opponent was a monster that had overwhelmed even the Red Lion of the Continental Seven Heroes.
That alone wouldn’t suffice against this beast.
But as long as he wielded Silver Star Sword……
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!
Dozens more exchanges followed.
Yet Logan’s sword never touched me. I could see his every move coming, so it was inevitable.
I perfectly parried Logan’s sword, then leaped back to create distance.
“You should know…… what this stance means, right?”
I sheathed Genova in Agatram and lowered my posture.
Channeling mana throughout my body into Genova, my mana gradually turned silver.
“……!”
Silver mana.
And the silver ring around my pupils.
Realizing what it signified, Logan’s eyes trembled violently.
“H-how do you……!”
Silver Star Sword, latter half, First Form: New Star.
A dazzling sword light flashed as a silver star shot forth.