Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Forest of Death (1)

Translation: Nadu

Edit: Lesurous

After Hansung left, Pendragon made a devastating expression .

“I know that he normally gets restless but I never thought he would leave without a word…”

The Dragon Lord Hansung wasn’t the type of person who stayed at one place for very long .

He roamed all around the Underworld to be called someone with wanderlust .

Since he had earned about three secret classes, one could get an idea on how many adventures he’s been on with knowing that alone .

Pendragon turned his head and looked at Seraphina .

“Master wanted me to experience the world . Will you allow me to accompany you for a while?”

However, it seemed like he wasn’t discouraged .

Instead, he looked at it as another opportunity and made another plan .

Seraphina laughed awkwardly .

It was already decided for Muyoung to become the First Knight .

The only position that could influence cult judges .

However, Pendragon didn’t care about that anymore .

‘Although he didn’t earn the position, he was going to earn true love . ’

Pendragon was young . He was high-spirited . He also had a big dream .

He was also not the type of man to be discouraged by one defeat .

If he was that sort of person, he wouldn’t have been able to become Hansung’s disciple .

Although Muyoung got the First Knight position, he was all fired up to gain Seraphina’s, true love .

Muyoung shrugged his shoulders .

Hansung’s disciple . There was definitely something to gain from him too .

‘This is good . ’

Muyoung fought with Hansung 10 days and nights .

Using only pure technique .

Hansung’s swordsmanship wasn’t structured but it was completely strong .

A master that forgot the formulas because he fought so much!

To be honest, Muyoung’s swordsmanship was no more than a copy of Sword One and King Slayer’s .

Mixing the skills he learned while at the Forest of Death, his attacks were very aggressive but there were some parts that were lacking .

He found out about his limits in his one-sided attacks with Hansung .

‘I want to make my own swordsmanship . ’

Simply earning skills and raising stats wasn’t everything .

The basics . The pillars must be strong and high for the building to be built higher .

Following Sword One and King Slayer, Muyoung wanted Hansung’s swordsmanship .

And Pendragon was the one who was most influenced by Hansung’s swordsmanship .

Since copying was the mother of imitations, Muyoung was planning to create his own swordsmanship by analyzing Hansung and Pendragon’s swordsmanship .

‘I never thought that a swordsmanship under my name would appear . ’

Muyoung grinned at the thought of what happened a few days ago .

After fighting with Hansung, he wielded his sword a few times under the moonlight to get a little enlightenment .

Perhaps you could say Muyoung was relaxed by the moon .

And suddenly, for the first time, a skill related to swordsmanship had appeared .

Skill Name: Muyoung’s Swordsmanship (???) – Muyoung’s unique swordsmanship that he has started to make on his own . It is currently incomplete, and when it’s completed, it’s rank will be decided depending on the result .

There wasn’t much explanation .

But, the fact that it was incomplete was important .

Muyoung was slowly completing a swordsmanship in his name .

Through the fight with Hansung, Muyoung gained a lot of inspiration .

The sage’s potion he exchanged for it was definitely worth it .

Since Muyoung had gained a piece of King Slayer’s sword .

Muyoung who was looking at the sword piece changed his gaze .

Hansung left . Pendragon was the only one left .

“Pendragon-nim, Muyoung is already decided as the First Knight . ”

“I know . I am not planning to compete against him . I’m just another houseguest is here . ”

“…I need the approval of the First Knight . ”

Then, Pendragon’s expression wrinkled for a moment .

He was willing to compete against Muyoung .

But, he needed Muyoung’s approval to follow them .

It was painful to hear the words without being drunk .

“I have a condition . You need to duel me at the same time every day . ”

Muyoung coolly spoke .

The difference between the two was already completely opposite .

But, the reason why he still wanted to fight against him was because there was still something to be gained from it .

Just because someone was weak, it didn’t mean nothing could be learned from them .

Muyoung was planning to do everything to complete his own swordsmanship .

It was a challenge to bring out his own uniqueness that didn’t exist in the past and was unique in this world .

Something that only Muyoung could do and should do .

How could his heart not race?

But, Muyoung’s meaning was simply distorted .

In Pendragon’s standpoint, it seemed as though Muyoung was using his powers against him .

Although he said it was a duel, it would be nothing more than one sided violence .

Pendragon had already acknowledged the skill difference between him and Muyoung .

For now, it was like a wall he couldn’t climb over .

Although it was a pure fight, he had never seen a person who tried to fight Hansung equally and succeed .

‘He’s trying to show Seraphina how he wins over me every day?’

All kinds of thought came to his head .

However, Pendragon was far from a pessimist .

‘He’s a man who my master acknowledged . There must be something I could learn from him as well . ’

These days his skills were stagnant .

The breakthrough could be Muyoung .

On top…

‘They say women are attracted to men who work hard . ’

It was Hansung’s theory .

Regardless of victory or defeat, women liked men who tried their best .

If he was to fall down, he just needed to get back up . Pendragon’s eyes were ablaze .

Then, he vowed to himself that he will learn everything he could from Muyoung .

“I understand . ”

Their exchange was ended with slight nods .

In the same duel, different motives were exchanged .

There was no way Muyoung didn’t read Pendragon’s sudden change in attitude .

‘It’s no different than two people with the same destination but different routes . ’

However, they needed to see who would reach their destination and who wouldn’t be able to .

***

There was something that changed when he became the First Knight .

First, it was the gaze of the surrounding priests and paladins .

“I never thought he would really become the First Knight…”

“They say he also became close with the Dragon Lord as well . ”

“I thought there would never be a First Knight for Seraphina . ”

Because they were people too, it couldn’t be helped for them to feel a bit of jealousy and envy with their surprise .

However, Seraphina’s iron wall-like defense was well known even in Mulalan .

“How many were there before him?”

“Maybe more 50?”

As many as 50 people competed to become Seraphina’s First Knight .

They all met the conditions to become a First Knight .

If anyone could compete, more than 500 people would have jumped to compete for the position .

And, among the 50 people, there were city owners and their children, even dominant figures of guilds and clans, and also Mulalan’s high priests and paladins .

But, they all failed . It was because the standard of Seraphina was too high .

But this test was questionable, and so people talked .

“They say the contestants only completed the basic test, right?”

“Not the ’10 Trials’?”

“If those who competed hear about this, there will be a storm of protest . ”

‘Seraphina’s 10 Trials’ were famous .

Because so many people wanted to compete, Seraphina personally made the trials hard .

But, this time, she only made her contestants complete the basic test . Of course, Muyoung passed without any difficulty .

In fact, it was enough for all 50 challengers to pass the test .

In other words, the 50 past challengers were just played for fools .

Seraphina had also heard of people talking but she dismissed it at once .

“He is a person who is qualified to have a sword duel with Dragon Lord Hansung . ”

What happened within the palace was only known by a few saintesses who were at the place .

Of course, priests and paladins didn’t know that Muyoung fought with Hansung .

Those who heard of Seraphina’s story made a more surprised look .

The qualification to have a sword duel with the Dragon Lord!

Although her words were a bit ambiguous, it really depended on how you interpreted it .

He had strength similar to the Dragon Lord, he was a man acknowledged by the Dragon Lord, he was a man weaker than the Dragon Lord but he had the potential to become stronger, many ways to view her words . It was also said he had extremely noble blood…

As a result, the malice towards Muyoung disappeared and only the mystery about him remained .

The power of words .

Of course, he had no interest in what people talked about .

It was because from the beginning, after Hansung left, Muyoung continued to stay within his room, only leaving to duel with Pendragon .

‘My own swordsmanship . ’

His commitment to be free from imitations and to create an original swordsmanship of his own!

There was nothing more different than this from his past as a tool .

There was no day and night for Muyoung .

Although Hansung said he forgot about the structure, his swordsmanship was naturally melted into his sword .

That was how important the type of swordsmanship was .

‘I want to encompass everything . ’

The Sun and the moon, the sea and the sky, the softness and the firmness, the swiftness and the slowness… everything .

He was almost becoming a crock because he was so focused and thinking about just that .

Within just a week, his cheeks were slimmer and dark circles drooped under his eyes .

It was because Muyoung concentrated that much into creating his swordsmanship .

As if he never concentrated on anything this much before, he continued to focus on it .

If it wasn’t for Seraphina, he would have turned into a skeleton .

And when one week had passed, Muyoung came out of his room .

‘I can’t make it here anymore . ’

He needed to experience everything to create something that encompassed everything .

Of course, ‘revenge’ was also part of this .

In the past, when Muyoung eradicated the Forest of Death, it wasn’t a revenge in the truest sense .

It was just a struggle .

How could it be considered a true revenge when he killed everyone and even killed himself at the end?

A true revenge was taking everything from his opponent .

And making everything he took his own .

Seraphina’s eyes greatly widened after seeing Muyoung come out from his room .

“Are… you done?”

Muyoung shook his head .

Instead, he gave her a short reply .

“Let’s go to Suicide Hill . ”

Let’s go see Wung Chunglin .

***

The Diablos’ Altar was originally at Suicide Hill .

Of course, there were also priests of Diablo .

Enemies recognized as a ‘cult’ by Mulalan .

Even by their size, since Diablos’ priests were no match against Mulalan’s, they couldn’t help but to have to live in hiding .

There was no room for them in the Underworld where Mulalan lead .

“Oh vestal, the dirty seeds of Mulalan are dirtying our mountains . ”

“Please give us an answer . ”

“Please pour endless despair and curses upon them!”

Inside a dark cave .

Within a huge void, hundreds of priests in black robes kneeled and bowed their head .

They wished for an answer as they called out their vestal .

To them, Mulalan was also their enemy .

Although right now, Mulalan was stronger, they were an enemy that needed to be destroyed .

But, the paladins of Mulalan were climbing the mountain without any hesitation .

As if they already knew that the priests of Diablos were already at this place .

If they were to stay put, they wouldn’t be able to survive .

Then, a woman who was on the altar raised her face .

“They will never be able to dirty our mountains . ”

Thump!

She smacked her cane down .

At the same time the entire mountain shook once .

A huge crystal Talisman was on the cane .

Talismans were the strength of the archangel that allowed wishes to come true .

When the woman’s power was added to it, there was an overwhelming presence .

Also, the woman’s voice was alluring . It was that much deep as well .

Although her face wasn’t visible because she used a cloth to cover her face, she still stole everyone’s gaze .

The woman also had another characteristic .

The wings that were stretched beautifully!

A woman with both a black and white wing .

She was the vestal of Diablos’ Altar .