Chapter 211
Chapter 211
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 211
Chapter Title: Dawn's Return, Against the Sword God War (3)
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5.
“Manifest──────!”
As the incantation fell from his mouth, the earth began to quake.
Kugugugugugugugu…………
Even the heavens flickering with the glow of outer space…… were being dyed in an alien pure white.
………Whooshhhhhhhhhh.
“───────Heavenly Snow Sword Realm!”
Manifest…… you say?
This mad bastard, that’s the incantation used to manifest a quasi-mixed world into reality?
In the blink of an eye.
The mountain ranges of Suraksan filling my vision…… were being gently overlaid with an ancient snowy landscape.
“Total of 222 blades.”
It was a land of swords and winter.
A northern land filled with stillness. A sword world where blades were embedded everywhere the eye could see.
“Of these 222 blades, 221 are.”
From each blade, a suffocatingly rising evil demonic energy.
“Nothing more than demon swords infused with fragments of divinity.”
It was different from [Madness Mountains].
That place merely writhed with repulsive and eerie evil spirits……
“But only this one is different.”
……This place was dominated solely by an overwhelming, law-like frigid cold.
“Come forth, <Valkalix>.”
The source of that frigid cold…… a single blade.
As Choi Sin-yul reached out his hand.
Chilling air vortexed in the empty space, condensing into the form of a seven-star greatsword descending.
“The sole absolute god of the Snow White Star Ikilas.”
An awe-inspiring pure white blade.
From the engravings on its edge, constellations swirled in a silent chaotic spiral.
“The absolute phase of Sherashul’Toryak embodied as a sword.”
That blade, larger in length and width than an adult man……
“It’s a divine sword.”
……Choi Sin-yul gripped it firmly with his left hand, spun it with a flick, and slung it over his shoulder.
“Did I say it’s over now?”
From that mystical blade.
From that eerie spiral pattern, a fierce white light surged, then…… with a shattering roar that rent all things asunder.
“The end of this fight is mine to decide with this Valkalix.”
6.
Intelligence Assist AI.
Kaduel online.
Outputting requested data for user.
Sword Realm.
A sword’s mixed world that only those who have reached the pinnacle of the blade.
Can manifest into reality.
7.
The 118th clash.
Dawn’s blade slicing through the air.
The next instant, it collides with the pure white blade, erupting in a clear metallic ring.
Kaaaaang──────!
Damn it.
A bit, just a bit shallow.
I immediately pivoted on my heel.
────Whiririririk────
My entire body spun in a full rotation.
Adding rotational force to my next thrust.
───────Chaaaaaaaang!
Sparks scattering before my eyes.
Beyond the clashing blades, Choi Sin-yul’s pupils.
“……!”
“………!”
In that instant, his divine sword.
Valkalix’s blade concentrated pale white light, then unleashed it forward as a shockwave.
Jeeeeeeng───!
A blinding flash that burned the eyes.
A thunderous roar that made heaven and earth tremble for a moment.
A storm of cold that seemed to tear my armored body to shreds.
“Krgh………!”
Humanity momentarily surfaced.
I poured all my strength into my legs. Used 《Thunder Spirit Step》 to widen the gap by about 50 meters.
──Chwazuzuzuzuzuzuzuzuk!
Damn…… damn it.
My body wouldn’t stop.
I scraped the ground with my fingers in an instant. The body caught in the shockwave came to a halt.
That divine sword……?
This mad…… what the hell…… a power beyond words……?
Along my trajectory of retreat.
Claw marks were vividly etched into the snowfield.
1 second.
Not even a second to rest.
Click…… Then Choi Sin-yul aimed his divine sword at me.
Zuzuzuzuzuzuz─────!
Flying sword arts again……!
The demon swords embedded in the snowfield.
Trembled blade-first, then floated into the air in an instant.
────Pibibibibibibibibing!
Aimed straight at me, they flew.
I immediately thrust Dawn Sword forward and shouted urgently.
“Verkenxia, form change! 《Moonlight Sickle》!”
In my grasp.
Dawn transformed into moonlight.
Gripping Verkenxia, now a moonlight great scythe, I swung it wide in all directions.
Kagagagagagak─────
Heavy.
Worlds apart from crystal swords.
This demon sword…… even deflecting a single one feels utterly hopeless.
“A…… aaaaaaaaaah!”
Then.
A gamble. A gamble in a split second.
In an instant, I changed Moonlight Sickle back to Dawn Sword form and slammed it into the ground.
──────Shuwaaaaaaaa───────!
Dawn Sword, Third Liberation: Divine Resonance.
It wrapped me in a veil of dawn, then exploded outward in a burst of light in all directions.
─────Chaaaaaaaang!
The demon swords closing in before my eyes.
Those blades momentarily lost control and were flung far away.
No……?
The moment I thought that.
This mad bastard, other demon swords flew in with a time delay.
Probably.
In that instant, my body would have been torn to shreds defenselessly.
[Combat Assist AI, Alkaios: Fatal attack approaching from blind spot confirmed.]
If not for my <Peitezla>. In an instant, a purple barrier enveloped the entire radiant armor.
[Defense field activation successful.]
That barrier bizarrely twisted the demon swords’ trajectories……
Pabababababababababak……!
……And drove them into the snowfields to my left and right amid a fierce blizzard.
“Haa…… haa…… ha…….”
Now, visibility between allies and enemies impossible. Only then did I catch my breath.
Insane.
No joke.
That divine sword, <Valkalix>’s power.
And Choi Sin-yul, that bastard’s skill wielding it…… true sword-body unity.
If.
Really if.
If I hadn’t severed his right ring finger before being dragged into 《Heavenly Snow Sword Realm》…… I might’ve died before ten clashes…….
[Intelligence Assist AI, Kaduel: Visual obstruction confirmed. Reactivating obstacle penetration UI.]
In an instant.
The world turned monochrome.
Beyond the snow fog, everything pierced clearly just like before…… this mad.
Shiiiii──────
What I saw in that split second.
The divine sword <Valkalix>’s tip surging right to my nose.
─────Eeeeeeek!
A hair’s breadth.
Truly a hair’s breadth.
Attack incoming. Realizing it, I threw my body backward with full power.
My body lost balance in an instant.
Just before sprawling backward, I slammed both hands into the snow, flipped in midair, and retreated.
Whaaaaa─────!
Imperial flying sword arts.
Demon swords raining down, pursuing my evasion path.
────Pababababababababak!
Blade wind grazing my face.
In that hellish chaos, I snapped my head up immediately.
What…………?
He wasn’t at my previous position.
A chill ran down my spine as I whipped around.
Jeeeeeeng────!
A roar like the world freezing solid in an instant, then shattering.
An primordial pure white shockwave.
Pierced <Peitezla>’s breastplate at point-blank range, straight through to my heart.
────Kwajijijijijijik!
[Warning: Power unit damaged]
- Output: 58% -> 27%
Tudududuk…….
My blood drops rained onto the snowfield.
Staggering, my consciousness blurred for a moment.
My body collapsing into the snow…… I smashed my fist into the ground to stop the full fall.
“Keheuk…… haa…… kuh…….”
A world echoing only with my breaths and heartbeat.
……Whooooooo…………
In the aftermath shockwave.
A chaotic sword realm where snow winds drifted silently in the air. Verkenxia, flung far away, scattered light particles and vanished.
“It’s over now.”
Step, step, step.
With Choi Sin-yul’s footsteps came his voice.
“That breastplate was the weak point after all.”
From quite a distance.
How the hell…… even that shockwave had this much power at mid-to-long range.
“A crack pierced by some nameless demigod, they say. Apparently made when your ancestor died.”
That’s no sword.
Just an absolute transcendent phase sealed in sword form…….
“You fought well with that junk heap. Wrong opponent, that’s all.”
I raised my head.
And…… gazing at this alien snowy sky, I let out a long sigh.
In the end.
Must I use it.
I must, huh.
That power which demands I lay down my memories and emotions…… and even my life.
“Fighting well…… isn’t enough.”
I learned it.
But prayed I’d never have to use it.
Because my heart was filled with connections I didn’t want to forget.
- Lead Hunter bro.
- Baek-jun hyung.
- Mr. Baek-jun.
And because I’d finally found someone I wanted to spend my remaining life with.
- You, you damn bastard…… why…… why come now…….
Victory.
It wouldn’t be victory.
Even if I beat Choi Sin-yul, if I can’t remember those connections.
“If I can’t beat you right here, right now…….”
No, wrong.
I steeled my resolve again.
Fine if I can’t remember precious bonds. Fine if I can’t share first love and life met.
But. But.
Even if I can’t enjoy it.
Other people.
Those left on this land.
Let me open the path so they can enjoy such happiness…….
“Means nothing……!”
Lady Terusia.
Lady Liam Talorden.
The [Master of Broken Dawn]. My adoptive parents, Kim Gye-sang, Choi Uk—they showed me that.
“Rubie, K?ienDricia…….”
Recall it when you think it’s the limit.
Recite this prayer when you think it’s the limit.
“Chanting again……! Pathetic to the end!”
Pibibibibibibibibing────!
[Combat Assist AI, Alkaios: Fatal attack approaching confirmed.]
- Defense field activation.
- Output 23%, field duration (1.3) sec.
─────Ung, ung, ung, ung, ung!
What cries out in wail is longing.
What desperately beseeches is hope.
What I prostrate in offering for that longing and hope…… is the heavenly fate granted to me.
So please.
Please, answer my prayer.
“Verkenxia…… form alteration.”
Verkenxia.
The moment it bloomed as a dazzling radiant body in my palms, I prayed. Prayed with tears.
“Manifest.”
A thousand lives.
If I had a thousand lives.
Right now, I offer them all…… here.
“《Dawn Cherry Realm》.”
With that prayer.
With those earnest tears.
The instant I gripped the dawn’s radiant body with all my might.
……Chaaaaaaa……!
A sacred clear tone resounded across the land as Verkenxia fragmented into a thousand pieces.
Then spread instantly throughout the world.
Precisely, centered on me.
Forming a semicircle of 100 meters diameter. Dyeing the world in brilliant dawn light.
- I heard even Liam couldn’t use it.
Like scattered cherry blossoms.
Like singing fireflies.
And like the great dawn shining upon the world.
- Yes, that’s right.
- That means it’s a miracle only Lady Terusia could perform…… will it answer my prayer?
Lady Terusia smiled sadly and replied thus.
- Of course.
If the 101st generation’s prayer holds earnest longing. If the tears vow even their life.
- The compassionate Holy Spirit who hears even the 101st generation’s faint sighs.
With the great love of the creation gods who shaved their lives to shine light on the world’s darkness.
- Will surely answer.
- …………!
- We believe that, and pray with tears. So the 101st must believe too.
Now this land is the dawn world.
The thousand fragments encircling me and Choi Sin-yul were not chaotic light, but the brilliance of dawn heavens.
“What is…… this?”
With bewildered eyes.
Choi Sin-yul looked around the sword realm blanketed in dawn light.
“Over the Heavenly Snow Sword Realm…….”
Now my flesh is a vessel.
An empty vessel that liberated life into a thousand fragments. Now I could move without even feeling the pain of wounds.
“Another mixed world overlapping……?”
I rose from the snowfield and extended my right hand forward.
That instant.
One of the thousand fragments.
Flew to me, chaeang……! And in my grasp, it instantly formed the miracle of a broken greatsword.
“Here I come, apostle of Ikilas.”
With that dawn sword.
With that sword that opens dawn, I dared to aim.
At the hunter of all eras’ supreme, Choi Sin-yul.
At the absolute demigod chosen by the absolute god of outer space Ikilas as its sword body.
“Are these 222 blades all you can draw?”