I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 91

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 091

Traces of the Sword

“Huff! Huff! Huff!”

Breathing heavily, he hid his body behind a rock.

A massive avalanche swept down across the entire snowy plains.

“Thank goodness! It passed by!”

Kancheo placed his hand on his chest and panted.

Momo, who had been watching Kancheo, raised her hand high.

“Momo has a question!”

“What is it?”

“Kancheo didn’t even run, so why are you panting?”

Kancheo, who had been staring intently at Momo, perked up his ears.

Normally he would have scolded her to be quiet, but he didn’t.

“Now that I think about it, you’re right. I thought it would be lonely if only the Commander looked tired.”

“Then Momo will do it too! Huff! Huff! Huff!”

“Good! Now it feels like we all ran together with our eyebrows flying!”

Jinhyeok looked at Kancheo and Momo with melancholy eyes.

The thought briefly crossed his mind: I’m the one who ran until my eyebrows fell out, so why are you two…?

But their gesture of wanting to share the experience was touching, so he decided to let it slide.

“Shall we go look for traces then?”

“Sounds good!”

The snowy plains had become calm as if there had never been an avalanche.

As they crossed it and headed downward, a large cave appeared.

A cave made of ice that reflected the pouring sunlight directly.

Seira approached closer and reached her hand toward the cave.

“I know this place. It’s the nest of Jergan, a monster that awakens when a certain amount of harsh cold energy accumulates.”

“A nest? That sounds like a dragon-ish name.”

“It’s not dragon-level, but it was strong enough to dominate this entire region. I came here to subjugate it with the Black Knight Order before.”

Seira drew Tarkan.

Jinhyeok also took out Ganjangmakya and Salamanca before following behind Seira.

Not a dragon, but strong enough to have a nest.

It might breathe something like brass.

“I don’t sense any presence yet.”

“It’s quite a deep cave. Maybe it’s sleeping.”

“If it’s sleeping, I’ll put this much explosive clay in its nose and come back. No matter how strong that thing is, if it gets stuck in the nose, it’ll be easy as eating black porridge!”

Ugh, explosive clay in the nostrils.

Just thinking about it painted a horrific scene.

But it wasn’t a bad strategy.

Kancheo, who could hide both his presence and stealth, would be hard to notice under normal circumstances.

Even if it couldn’t kill completely, it could deal effective damage.

“Cave pretty!”

Momo touched the cave walls.

Being a natural ice cave, it felt like being inside a sparkling jewelry box.

“If we go a little further from here, we’ll reach the nest.”

“Can you wait a moment? Kancheo and I will go check it out first.”

“You don’t need to worry. Seira. I’ll protect the Commander!”

They went in stealthily side by side, hiding their presence.

And not long after, a spacious chamber appeared.

Jinhyeok pressed against the wall, looked inside, then released his stealth.

“Come in!”

Shortly after he shouted, Seira and the group arrived.

Contrary to their worries, there was no monster.

All that was there were the bones of a massive creature that had died who knows when.

“The bone structure really does feel like a small dragon.”

“It must have been really scary!”

Ellia approached the trembling Kancheo.

“You should be scared. A Yodel wouldn’t even be a single bite.”

“Eh?”

Leaving the frozen Kancheo behind, he approached Seira.

“Did you and the Black Knight Order subjugate this?”

Seira examined the bones for a moment, then shook her head.

“Back then we carried the body of the one we killed out. There were many people who wanted Jergan’s corpse.”

“Then this is…?”

“Another subjugation. Not just once, but multiple times.”

Seira pointed to the ground.

Hundreds of sword marks remained there.

Seira examined each sword mark one by one before speaking.

“Since the knight order was disbanded, there would have been no obligation to subjugate it.”

“Did the Black Knight Order do this?”

“One of the knights did. He’s also the owner of one of the three swords.”

Seira smiled.

His name was Sain Ardan.

Sain was particularly quiet compared to others.

Even when someone tried to joke with him, he would only smile slightly.

Knight Sain couldn’t tolerate injustice and could never pass by someone in trouble.

That must have been why.

Even though the knight order was disbanded, even though he wasn’t commissioned, he came here multiple times to subjugate Jergan.

Jinhyeok entered inside Jergan’s massive bones.

After examining for a while, an object carelessly placed inside the bone tomb caught his eye.

Part of a sword hilt with a familiar shape.

He took out his phone and opened the photo album.

‘It’s identical.’

Though quite worn, the shape and color matched the sword in the photo.

Ding!

[You have discovered part of the hilt of Raven, the Thunder Sword!]

[You have cleared the 7th Floor of the Mythic Tower!]

[8th Floor of the Mythic Tower entry condition: Obtain one of the three swords.]

[An old memory is being replayed!]

Light emanating from the sword hilt surrounded Jinhyeok and his party members.

The first thing that appeared was Jergan, which looked similar to a baby dragon.

“Scary!”

He patted Momo, who was covering both her eyes.

“It’s okay. It’s fake.”

Not long after, footsteps echoed through the cave.

When a middle-aged knight appeared, Seira’s eyes widened.

It was inevitable.

It was a comrade he was meeting after such a long time.

“Tsk tsk. Reviving again, aren’t you tired of it?”

No fierce battle took place.

For a moment, brilliant lightning flowed from the sword.

In the blink of an eye, Jergan’s body was split in half.

From that moment, time in the memories began to flow rapidly.

Bitter cold accumulated in the cave, and once again Jergan awakened.

Not long after, Sain appeared again.

Through his appearance, it was clear that quite some time had passed since the first subjugation.

Just like before, Sain cut down Jergan and left the cave.

The next visit was the same, and the visit after that as well.

And then the final visit.

This time the battle lasted quite long.

Sain looked noticeably more aged than when first seen.

Crack.

Perhaps the sword had aged along with its master.

Right after defeating Jergan, cracks appeared in the sword.

Soon the Thunder Sword Raven shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.

Sain picked up the sword fragments and wrapped them in cloth, drawing a bittersweet smile.

“Our bitter relationship ends here too.”

Sain let out a hearty laugh and stood up.

Part of the handle fell through the cloth, but he didn’t seem to notice.

Leaving the fallen Jergan behind, Sain departed the cave.

And this was the last memory.

Judging by the current scattered state of the bones, it seemed Jergan hadn’t revived since that final memory.

‘You were… a Black Knight to the very end.’

While the others didn’t notice, Seira saw it clearly.

From his first appearance to the last, he wore an insignia engraved with the Black Knight Order’s emblem.

[Exiting the 7th Floor of the Tower of Myth.]

A few days later.

[You have cleared the 54th Floor of the Tower of Despair!]

Jinhyeok stretched as he emerged from the tower.

Another easy clear today.

‘My level really isn’t rising much at all.’

His current level was 75.

He had barely gained one level after climbing four floors.

Thanks to that, the dopamine that had been fully charged from the Imugi achievement felt mostly drained.

‘Though this is normal.’

He scratched his head.

The average level of players challenging the 54th floor was in the early to mid-50s.

Since he was in the mid-70s, it was natural that he gained less experience.

“I need to finish packing my stuff!”

“Hurry hurry! Momo’s clothes too!”

Kancheo and Momo excitedly ran to their rooms.

“Hmm. Should I wear a kimono? And wooden sandals for shoes?”

Ellia also hummed a tune as she stood in front of the mirror.

“Ellia, do you have a kimono?”

“I don’t have one now, but I will soon. Right?”

Basically asking him to buy one.

Jinhyeok rubbed his chin.

“Since we’re going to Kyoto, they’ll sell lots of pretty ones there.”

The Matsuna Clan was based in Kyoto.

When he searched on NewTube, it seemed Kyoto had tourist content where you could rent and wear kimonos.

Since they were going anyway, it would be nice to all wear them together and walk around in a secluded place to experience Japan’s atmosphere.

“Good good. I’m looking forward to it.”

“I also found hot springs. They’re supposed to be good for your skin.”

“Oh really.”

Ellia rummaged through her bag and pulled out a reddish potion bottle.

“If we mix in a potion that makes skin glossy, the effect would be absolutely excellent.”

“What’s it made from?”

“I finely crushed basilisk fangs to make it.”

“Confiscated.”

He quickly snatched the bottle and put it in his inventory.

He couldn’t let Kyoto’s natural hot springs be tainted with poison.

“Are Seira and Dark all packed?”

“All packed. I only have three sets of clothes anyway.”

“I have two sets.”

Jinhyeok swallowed dryly.

They probably didn’t mean it that way, but somehow he felt sorry.

“Let’s buy clothes in Kyoto. Lots of them.”

“I’d like something like this.”

Dark was drawn to flashy shirts that you’d wear in Southeast Asia or Hawaii.

Anyway, since he liked them, he’d have to buy many similar ones.

Ding dong.

At the cheerful bell sound, he quickly gestured.

His friends hurriedly shoved all their luggage into Momo’s inventory with a clatter.

Among the items pouring in, he saw potato chips, fruit cheese, spam, and such, but pretended not to notice for now.

He went to the entrance and opened the door.

Jin Seo-hee took off her sunglasses and gave a light greeting.

“Good morning.”

“Good morning. Are you all ready for the trip to Japan?”

Jinhyeok nodded, carrying one large backpack.

Jin Seo-hee looked puzzled.

“That’s everything?”

“Yes. I don’t have much to pack.”

She had packed lightly with just one 28-inch suitcase.

He thought people really were quite different.

“Shall we go then?”

“Let’s go.”

After checking his passport in his jacket one more time, he left the house.

The fragment of Raven’s handle obtained from the Tower of Myth.

He decided to search for it using the Yodel Compass after returning from the exchange meeting.

As they got on the elevator, Jin Seo-hee let out a quiet sigh.

“You saw my older sister last time, right? She’s coming to this exchange meeting with us. Even if she says weird things, just ignore her.”

“You’re not very close with your sister?”

“Not at all.”

Jin Seo-hee even widened her eyes as if there wasn’t a shred of falsehood.

Since it seemed like one hundred percent genuine sincerity, he resolved not to make any related jokes.

“Oh? Seo-hee, you changed cars.”

A luxury SUV parked in front of the officetel.

During his last visit, it had been a sleek-looking sports car.

“That one? I already had it.”

“How many cars do you have exactly…?”

“About 7 cars.”

“Oh.”

Jin Seo-hee’s casual words made him realize once again.

Indeed, the world those people live in is different.

‘Maybe one car would be fine.’

He sank into deep thought as he settled into the plush seat.

Since he had some money to spare now, he was thinking about getting one this time.

Father had repeatedly said that a tractor was sufficient for him to drive, but he couldn’t very well drive that in the middle of Hannam-dong.

The car pulled out of the parking lot with a heavy exhaust rumble.

Pouring sunlight and refreshing breeze seeping through the windows.

It was a good day to go to the networking event.

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