Humanity Itself is Strong - Chapter 39

Clang…!

Lee Jin-seong stared at the gleaming Tyrfing.

There was a Celtic cross attached at the edge of the hilt, a red ruby was embedded in the center of the guard, and the sharp blade was shining purple as it was holding magi. (*Magi – devil’s spirit)

+ Name: Tyrfing of the Storm

Rating: Myth

Division: Bastard Sword

Description: A magic sword that kills its owner. It only gives an endless amount of power to the one who is qualified.

Effect: Absorbs the major power of the target that has consumed blood. Its effect is revealed after sufficient absorption.

[Currently absorbed ability: Catastrophe of Corruption 100%]

Effect 2: Fulfills the owner’s wish 3 times. An owner that used all 3 wishes faces the most tragic end one thinks of.

?? : ??

The sword did not yet approve you as the owner. It’s hard to use the ability before you’re fully acknowledged as the owner.

Jin-seong wielded the Tyrfing a few times in the air.

The center of gravity of the sword is strangely going wild.

As if the sword was resisting Jin-seong’s will, the trajectory of the sword was shaking.

‘It’s a monster sword.’

This sword is a magic sword, but at the same time, it is a monster sword that has its own will.

‘Did I miss the stroke because of the Tyrfing’s resistance?’

Jin-seong realized that he had to tame this wild devil-like sword.

[The unnamed god complains about how you took out the sword so abruptly!]

[The unnamed god says that you should give a signal once more even if you said it out loud already.]

“……Thanks.”

Lee Jin-seong walked while calming down the unnamed god in his own way. Then, he picked up the Lion Claw he dropped.

[The effect of Assisi’s eyes makes you immune to the abnormal effects of demonic species.]

As he fastened the karambit to his waist, he stared at the man’s face in front of him.

When he lifted his hoodie, he had a huge bruise on his side head that didn’t match with his woundless face.

But the man spoke brightly as if he didn’t mind about that at all.

“The trajectory of your knife was almost flawless. You seem to have some talent considering it’s your first time wielding that knife.”

Ssh.

The man leaned the great demon beside him and jumped down to the floor where Jin-seong was. His black cloak fluttered against the wind. Then, the dusted and broken light armor that he wore inside was revealed.

Thump……

The man landed on the floor lightly.

Jin-seong knew who this man was.

“Didn’t you die?”

“Hm, you know me?”

“…..Of course, I do. Aren’t you the master of the sword of salvation, the old owner of this sword?”

He was one of the first heroes who appeared with his magic sword Tyrifing in the middle of the war with monsters and saved humanity from the crisis.

“Tee-hee-hee….!”

The man chuckled as if he was happy to hear what I said.

“I’m resurrected almost 50 years after and I still have a young fan who recognizes me. I don’t know where to put myself.”

“……Because my teacher told me about you very often.”

“Teacher?”

Jin-seong didn’t respond back to him. Meanwhile, the magic swordsman was lost in thoughts, trying to bring back the past memories that he barely remembers.

“Teacher….. It’s true that my fellows would have reached the age enough to become teachers around this time….”

Then, the magic swordsman smiled brightly at the thought that he could finally see his friends.

“Right! Setz was nearby!”

He nodded his head as if he could already see Setz in front of him.

“Oh my god! She looks the same after 50 years! It wasn’t a lie that she was an elf! Haha!”

Jin-seong nodded at the 30-year-old looking man who was overhyped.

‘So it was this swordsman who restricted my clairvoyance.’

A great hero, who freely uses dark magic and sealed the Lord of Corruption, known as the one you can never kill among dungeon masters. For him, it wouldn’t be hard to place a restriction on Lee Jin-seong’s clairvoyance.

But why is this man resurrected all of a sudden and getting on his way?

Jin-seong spoke inwardly.

‘Codex.’

The information about the magic swordsman appeared immediately.

+

Name: Simon

Rating: A Great Hero

Evaluation: Corrupted Savior

Ability: Rise of a Hero(S-), Darkmatter(myth), Accelerator(A-), Master of Swordsmanship(transcendence), Dark Magic(S)……

Biography: One who defeated the Lord of Corruption.

He made his final wish to Tyrifing to defeat the lord. As a result, he succeeded to seal the Lord of Corruption but he as well faced a tragic end by the Tyrfing.

Et Cetera: The object is currently undead! All his special powers and abilities are devalued! +

‘As expected, he was an undead.’

Undead.

Those who died but were still able to move were called undead. The more they move, the faster their body deteriorates. Before it gets completely deteriorated, they were forced to follow the orders from the necromancer who resurrected them.

The problem is, it was almost impossible for even the exceptionally skilled necromancers to resurrect a great hero as an undead.

‘……At least they have to be the king of necromancers.’

Jin-seong asked.

“Why are you attacking me?”

“……Ah.”

The man, who became dazed hearing his words, looked directly at Lee Jin-seong. Then, he responded with an unexplainable smile.

“I have to test you.”

“……Test?”

“I don’t really want to fight, but my owner wants.”

“……Who is it?”

“Hmm, what should I say……”

It was when the magic swordsman was contemplating whether he should tell or not.

Doong….doong….doong….doong….!

The corrupted heart that was beating slow just up until now suddenly began to beat loud and fast. The swordsman sneaked a peek at the heart that was hanging in the space and shook his head.

“I guess we no longer have time for a chat.”

Black magi were gathered in his hand and formed a sword.

“My young hero, I hope you can satisfy me because if not……”

Whoosh-!

“You will have to die here…….”

Jin-seong, without saying a word, also put up the Tyrfing in front of him.

Srrrnng…..!

“…..I will help you enter into an eternal rest again.”

Ahahahahah!

The magic swordsman seemed like he was enjoying it.

“Yes! That’s a kind of courage that one needs to have to hold Tyrifing!”

As soon as he stopped laughing, the smile on the swordsman’s face was no longer there.

“Be ready….”

The swordsman had his foot stepped out in the front, holding the sword with one hand.

Whoosh!

He ran towards Jin-seong, splitting the wind. A black sharp sword was coming to Jin-seong. When Jin-seong lifted up his body to avoid the knife that was coming forward,

Pi-ing!!

Two black blades of a knife were shot behind Jin-seong.

Cakak! Kak!

But Jin-seong tilted his body and easily blocked the two mana sword blades.

“Oh!”

Seeing his smooth defense skills, the magic swordsman smiled proudly.

“That was amazing! How did you know that I will summon the mana swords?”

“……..”

Jin-seong fixed his body. The magic swordsman’s voice might sound like he’s throwing a joke, but he was actually making a sharp attack.

‘Although my clairvoyance is restricted, I can still read the flow of mana and do a close combat.’

Jin-seong answered while concentrating on his clairvoyance even harder.

“I have eyes on my back too.”

Ahahahahah!

The great hero laughed again at Jin-seong’s answer.

“Then there’s no need to play soft!”

With that said.

Ssssssssk!

The black mana sword, which used to be two just a while ago, was doubled and tripled to multiple units and floated everywhere.

“I’ll look forward to it.”

With that said, multiple black blades started flying towards Jin-seong.

From the tip of a sword made of black magi, particles of mana scattered like fine dust. There were 36 mana swords flying towards Jin-seong. Each of the mana swords wasn’t interfering with the trajectory of one another, and they were coming at a speed that was too fast to be seen with naked eyes.

[‘Queen of Pentacles’ first slot clairvoyance has activated.]

[Clairvoyance’s precise capture ability is in the process of Overclock.]

It is accurately portrayed in the consciousness of Jin-seong, who is looking at reality through the eyes of a third person in all the trajectories.

‘Let’s take a try.’

Jin-seong, who made up his mind in a fleeting moment, started moving.

Pi-ing!!

The sharp piercing sound of the mana sword that reached him first passed by Jin-seong’s ear.

Whoo-ng!

From the third blade to the seventh blade arrived at the place where Jin-seong is standing simultaneously. He avoided them with minimal movement by bending his head, turning his body, and moving his legs.

Koo-koong, KoongKoong!

The ground shakes whenever the terrifying blades hit the place where Jin-seong was standing.

But that wasn’t the end.

From the eighth to the nineteenth swords fell from all directions at once as if they predicted his previous moves.

Chzzznnng!!

He managed to avoid those again and took a step back.

Crack….!

The blades collided with the ground created a cloud of dense spore dust.

The blades that followed suddenly changed their trajectory slightly. Due to the movement of the anomalous mana swords, the clairvoyant’s predicted bullet point also changed continuously.

Whooosh!

All the blades started falling towards Jin-seong.

Jin-seong realized that he could no longer avoid those blades.

However.

Whoooo!

He swung the magic sword that holds the power of disaster.

Boooom!

The ferocious energy of magic that resided in the magic sword exploded and spread throughout the area. And the seventeen mana swords pouring down all at once were swallowed up by the magic of corruption.

Wham-!

The mana swords that were swept away by the explosion became dust and scattered.

“Wow……”

The magic swordsman, who was watching all that happened, exclaimed.

“It’s really amazing that you’re able to extract that amount of magic from that capricious sword already.”

The magic swordsman thought back to the past sufferings that he had to endure to have Tyrfing in his hand. At the time, it took me almost half a year to tame Tyrfing. What he then saw was the two eyes of Jin-seong that were looking at him with the sword held out.

“Haha…. That is….”

A blue light was radiating out of Jin-seong’s eyes.

Seeing Lee Jin-seong’s eyes reminded him of someone.

‘Those blue eyes…. It’s clairvoyance.’

The magic swordsman brought back the memory of his past.

It was a bright light that he could see when the silent wise man pulled up his clairvoyance ability to the maximum level. The driving force that allowed them to fight as a single organism while sharing his sight with his team. Those blue eyes once again shook the magic swordsman’s heart.

“…..You’ll be able to accomplish lots of things in the future.”

However.

Sssk.

There wasn’t enough reason for him to retreat yet.

“This is the final test, Jin-seong.”

If all the talents that Jin-seong has been showing are real, then he would be able to defend my sword. With that in mind, the magic swordsman approached him with his black mana sword in his hand.

“…….”

Seeing that, Jin-seong silently lowered his sword.

Tremble, tremble …….

Only a small portion of the magic sword’s magic was projected, but his hand holding the hilt was shaking.

‘…..The resistance is too severe.’

With just one blow, his shoulder bone was cracked and the wrist bone was broken and dislocated. Blood gushed out from the palm of his hand holding the hilt of his sword.

Besides.

[The unnamed god says that your wound has magi, and quick recovery is difficult!]

It became difficult to receive the miraculous healing aid of the unnamed god because of the magi that were in the sword. In addition, the healing effect of the black beast does not activate unless it is fatal. So it was impossible to wield the magic sword anymore.

Jin-seong knew this already.

‘No matter how downgraded he is, it is still difficult to defeat the first hero.’

But.

‘There’s still a way to reverse the situation.’

Lee Jin-seong scattered the Tyrfing in the air without regrets.

[Tyrfing of the Storm is saved in the second slot of Ten of Swords!] [Malek’s soul has exited the second slot of Ten of Swords!]

The magic swordsman frowned at what he saw.

“….What are you doing?”

“……….”

With a terrible-looking ghost sword in his left hand.

Krrrkk!

He used the other hand to take out the Lion Claw from his waist.

“Well, I’m curious if you, the magic swordsman, would scream like any other.”

“….Scream?”

Lee Jin-seong’s eyes were shining even more brightly as he was talking to the swordsman. He thought while holding out his double dagger to the front.

‘Create a gap at once.’

[Clairvoyance capture area is fixed to two people! Maintain the Overclock!]

Due to the side effect of the Overclock, he felt like his one eye was burning, but he was going to endure it.

A pulsating heart of decay and damp air. And the mushroom forest and all the ominous surrounding objects were excluded from the sensory range.

There’s only Lee Jin-seong himself and the magic swordsman.

Jin-seong fixed his breathing.

The muscle fibers of the arm holding the sword, the gastrocnemius muscles that intervene when standing on the ground, and the biceps femoris, quadriceps, glutes, and erectors. He sensed the contraction and expansion of all muscle fibers throughout his body.

Then, by aligning the muscle fibers with his own senses, he began to maximize the coordination between the muscle fibers.

Whew…..

Jin-seong slowly warmed up his body and exhaled. Jin-seong’s body was tense like the bowstring before release. This was the maximum power that he could reach.

At this moment, he wasn’t behind Lee Jin-seong before his return.

“This will hurt a bit.”

Lee Jin-seong murmured with his blue eyes shining.

“Sure, then try-”

Even before the magic swordsman could finish his words.

Whoosh!

Lee Jin-seong arrived right in front of the magic swordsman in a flash.

“What?!”

The magic swordsman was surprised by Lee Jin-seong’s unexpected fast move.

And.

Whoosh!

Malek’s ghost sword pierced the magic swordsman’s heart.