Sword Master With One Strike Kill - Chapter 171

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One-Strike Kill Swordmaster Episode 171

Episode 171. Rashutku’s Spoils of War (2)

“….”

After hearing my words, Strawberry Latte couldn’t speak for quite some time.

Formless Sword.

The weight that those words carried was considerable.

Usually when people say ‘Formless Sword,’ it refers to the highest realm of swordsmanship.

A transcendent realm where one creates invisible blades through will alone, without any physical weapon.

But to think there was a skill with such a name.

Just from hearing the skill name, one could guess how incredible this ability was.

“What the hell….”

Strawberry Latte, barely recovering from the shock, opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“…Just how many times are you going to cheat? Why do you hog everything for yourself?”

What’s he talking about.

How is this cheating.

“It’s a fair reward for my efforts, isn’t it?”

“Kyaaaah!”

Strawberry Latte suddenly started screaming.

…Is this guy insane?

Why is he acting like that.

“Give me one too!”

“…?”

“Give me a cheat skill too!”

Strawberry Latte’s voice echoed loudly.

Thank goodness the silence barrier spell was cast over the entire room.

If it weren’t for that, Adelia would have surely come running in a panic, thinking something had happened.

“Hey, you damn Elder bastards!”

Strawberry Latte shouted angrily.

“Why did you possess me without giving me any special benefits! Why are you only discriminating against me! Are you kidding me?”

“Has this guy lost his mind. Why is he suddenly screaming and making a fuss….”

“Oh heavens!!”

“….”

“Why! Can’t! I!! Still surpass Gaon, the number 1 ranker!!”

Looking at Strawberry Latte crying out while staring at the ceiling, I muttered to myself.

‘Hey you.’

If you’re that upset, then you should also gather 179,312,341pt and dump it all into one stat.

Or risk your life fighting an Outer God. Then they’d probably give you something.

“Oh heavens!!”

[Muyu myu….]

Was it just my imagination?

It seemed like Mukyoo was looking at Strawberry Latte with particular disdain.

* * *

“Phew.”

Swoosh-.

A moment later, the now-calmed Strawberry Latte sighed and swept his hair back.

He asked a question in a much more composed voice.

“That Formless Sword… it wasn’t originally a skill in Roel, was it?”

“I’m seeing it for the first time today too.”

“Okay. Then the other rankers don’t know about it either.”

“….”

He says it like it’s completely obvious. Not that he’s wrong though.

“So, what’s the skill effect? Is it really that Formless Sword from martial arts novels? Something like ‘heart becomes death’?”

“Wait and see.”

Ding-!

I answered like that and opened the skill window.

I hadn’t properly checked that ability yet either.

Soon, the description of Formless Sword began to appear.

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【Formless Sword 】

Grade: ??

Type: Active Skill

Cost: None

Cooldown: None

Proficiency: 1%, Lowest

[Skill Description]

What is a sword?

A tool forged from iron? A weapon to cut down enemies?

Wrong.

To a true swordsman, a sword is not matter.

A sword is will, and belief. At the same time, it is an extension of the being who wields it.

Having cut down ‘■̵͙̜̄͠@̸͍̗̤̿■̸̡͙͋͊͆#̶͔̅̀̔!̷̥̈́?̵̹̟̇͊͊■̷̯̽͝%̵̳̮̑̈’ that should not be perceived and should absolutely not exist, you have realized one truth.

Just because something cannot be seen doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, and just because something cannot be touched doesn’t mean it cannot be cut.

Do not be bound by form.

Do not confine yourself within the limits of matter.

Your will is the sword, and your belief is the blade.

Formless does not mean the absence of existence, but infinite possibility.

However, be careful. To handle infinite possibility requires corresponding mastery.

[Usage Effect]

Creates and controls formless swords.

(※The form, number, size, and range of formless swords vary according to skill proficiency.)

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“…That’s what the skill is.”

I read the text from the skill window exactly as it was.

But Strawberry Latte still tilted his head with an expression like he couldn’t grasp it.

“Hmm.”

Of course, I didn’t understand it either.

Since it was a skill I’d never seen before, just reading the description didn’t help me grasp what it meant.

‘From what I can roughly tell, it seems to be that Formless Sword I know about….’

I guess I’ll have to try using the skill directly.

There’s no method more certain than that.

Whoosh-.

I suddenly threw the pillow from the bed toward the opposite wall.

“Huh?”

Then Strawberry Latte looked back at me with a bewildered expression.

“What are you doing? Why are you suddenly throwing a pillow…?”

“I’m trying to test a skill.”

“…Excuse me?”

Ding-!

〔You have used Active Skill: Formless Sword .〕

Thud-.

With a dull sound, the limp pillow twitched briefly.

…That was it.

There was no tearing of the pillowcase or feathers bursting out from inside.

“What? Did you use a skill?”

“…”

“It just looked like you poked it? What is this? This is the Formless Sword?”

Swoosh-.

While Strawberry Latte was confused, I stared intently at the pillow.

Something translucent was wavering near the pillow.

‘That seems to be the Formless Sword…’

However, its shape was closer to a ‘switch’ than a ‘sword’.

No.

It wasn’t even worthy of being called a switch.

It was much thinner and more flimsy than that.

Looking closely, it resembled seaweed swaying in water.

‘But why does it move like an inflatable tube man with no backbone?’

I aimed at the pillow once more.

Let me concentrate.

I controlled the Formless Sword while imagining it penetrating the pillow.

Thud-.

The swaying translucent substance went limp as soon as it touched the pillow.

It wobbled weakly as if it had lost all its strength.

“…”

No…

What is this…?

“Sigh.”

I sighed and dismissed the Formless Sword.

Then I looked back at Strawberry Latte and muttered.

“Is it because the skill proficiency is low? It doesn’t move as I want. It’s so flimsy.”

“Flimsy? I can’t see anything.”

“…”

Ah.

At least it’s called a Formless Sword, so others can’t see it.

I scratched the back of my neck and muttered.

“Well, I think it might be useful someday…”

Poke-.

I generated the Formless Sword again and poked Strawberry Latte’s cheek.

The wavering Formless Sword began to tap her cheek lightly.

“For now, I’m not sure how to use it. Will something change when the skill proficiency increases?”

Strawberry Latte pushed away the Formless Sword with her palm and answered.

“You said there’s no cost or cooldown, right? Play with it when you’re bored and raise the proficiency.”

“…”

“It’s a skill you received as a reward for defeating an Outsider, so surely remote cheek-poking isn’t all it can do.”

Well, yeah.

Let me practice it whenever I have time.

Roel is a world where players get rewards proportional to their efforts.

And as Strawberry Latte said, there’s no way they’d give such a mediocre skill as a reward for defeating an Outsider.

True to its grand name, it will surely become a great asset someday.

‘And…’

…It’s still just a hypothesis, but I think it might create tremendous synergy when combined with 【Soul of the Sword Master】.

I should test this later too.

Having finished that thought, I changed the subject.

“But Latte.”

“Yes.”

“There are more rewards.”

“…?”

Whoosh-.

Strawberry Latte turned to look at me.

“How much more overpowered are you planning to become…!”

“Calm down. It’s not like that.”

She seems to be becoming more like Biyolf.

At this rate, will Wintershield have a second chihuahua?

Anyway.

I carefully explained the series of notification windows to Strawberry Latte.

〔First Achievement Unlocked: God Slayer 〕

〔Error: Cannot be defeated with current …#̶̺͍̾̓@̴̻̕͜?̴̗̭͑&̶̙͖͒%̵̯͑〕

〔Pań̶̛͓theoǹ̸͉͝ ̴̜͑̕(̷̴̶̴̝̠̣̜̟̑̈́̐̾͆̈́)̴̖̲͋͌ ̷̰̋vó̸̼ting̶̜̓̏ ̴͙̰̊͗has̵̖̋̐ ̴̠̭̒̓beg̴̲͒uǹ̸̤͘%̵̹͘͝#̶̱͌͝!̵̞̈́$̸̘̫̃@̸̨̛̮$̶͛͊͜*̶͖͔̒͛@̸̍͝ͅ?̵̧̰̊̓〕

Although there was a lot of noise, I could understand the general content.

It seemed a system error occurred because I defeated an existence that couldn’t be defeated currently. The Pantheon also seemed to be voting on this matter.

I wasn’t sure what that ‘vote’ was about… but the message that followed was the key.

〔Your deeds will be added to ‘The Hall of the Great Ones’.〕

“The Hall of the Great Ones?”

Strawberry Latte blinked and tilted her head.

“That’s a multiplayer area, isn’t it?”

That’s right.

Roel is fundamentally a single-player RPG.

But as I mentioned before, it supports limited multiplayer functionality for certain content.

One of those was The Hall of the Great Ones.

A space where players could engage in one-on-one duels or enjoy multi-participant battles.

Matches in this area had no effect on rankings or Achievement points. It was literally additional content for fun.

Of course, what we needed to focus on wasn’t that…

“…That multiplayer area, wasn’t it the Heavenly Realm in the lore?”

I nodded.

Strawberry Latte was right. The Hall of the Great Ones wasn’t just a simple multiplayer area, but canonically a proper Heavenly Realm.

It was a sacred arena where players ascended to the heavens to compete under the judgment of the Elders.

“But having your Achievement added there means…”

Strawberry Latte trailed off.

“…Hmm, I’m not sure yet.”

I was the same way.

I had some rough guesses, but they were nothing more than speculation.

Well, this was something I could think about later.

“That aside.”

I changed the topic once again.

“Since we’re talking about multiplayer, when do you think the community function restrictions will be lifted?”

Strawberry Latte shrugged and answered.

“Usually communities or groups are formed with three or more people. Two people is kind of ambiguous to call a group, you know.”

Hmm.

Now that I heard it, that made sense.

Maybe there would be functions that unlock when the third player arrives?

Just like how the message function appeared when Strawberry Latte came, features would probably gradually increase based on the number of Possessed Ones.

Of course, this was also just speculation.

“But hyung.”

“What.”

“If a third Possessed One comes, it would probably be Muwolcha noona, right?”

“Probably. She is ranked 3rd after all.”

At my words, Strawberry Latte made a worried expression.

“I’m a bit concerned though.”

“About what.”

“Did you forget how that noona acts in the community?”

“Ah.”

Wait a minute.

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[Muwolcha] : I did it.

[Muwolcha] : (Photo)

└[Siwonchoi] : What?? Why does the character have 6 eyes??

└[Roeljoa] : That’s disgusting.

└[Sungbronze] : Why do you always do community posts like this….

[Siwonchoi] : Wait, but Muwolcha unnie. Did you install a MOD??

[Siwonchoi] : How did you do it? Roel doesn’t support mods.

[Kongiabum] : I fucking knew it.

[Kongiabum] : I was worried because Ppakgyu and Strawberry Latte went silent, but turns out they figured out how to apply mods by themselves again and were enjoying the benefits?

[Kongiabum] : Someday I’m definitely going to break up the 1st to 3rd Place Cartel….

└[Muwolcha] : What are you talking about;;;

└[Muwolcha] : It’s not a mod? You obviously know Roel doesn’t support mods;;;

[Kongiabum] : Then what is it, you corrupt bastard.

[Kongiabum] : How do you make a character with 6 eyeballs without mods?

[Muwolcha] : I made that with face tattoos and dot markings?

└[Siwonchoi] : ??

└[Kongiabum] : ?

└[로엘조아] : hahahahahahahahaha

└[Sungbronze] : There must be a reason you do this….

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