Sword Master With One Strike Kill - Chapter 256

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One-Strike Kill Swordmaster Episode 256

Episode 256. The Second Hero, Muwolcha (1)

Creak-.

As the door opened, a subtle fragrance brushed past my nose.

It was sandalwood incense. Befitting Middle Temple’s guest hall, luxurious aromatics filled the room.

“You may rest comfortably here.”

High Priest Belmang, having finished his guidance, bowed politely. Then he quietly withdrew without another word.

Thud, thud-.

As his footsteps faded down the corridor, only silence remained.

I looked around the room.

Two beds. A small table. The Garden of Middle Temple visible through the window.

It was the twin room I had specifically requested. I planned to continue conversing alone with Muwolcha until the meeting began.

Creak, thud-.

Muwolcha entered the room and closed the door.

“Phew…”

After hesitating briefly, she glanced at me and carefully opened her mouth.

“This is a bit stuffy. It’s uncomfortable to breathe too.”

That was understandable.

Muwolcha had been wrapped head to toe in cloth for days.

She had covered her entire face leaving only her two eyes visible, and wrapped her wrists and ankles in cloth to prevent her fluorescent purple skin from showing.

Having maintained that state throughout our walk across the Uncharted Wilderness, it must have been suffocating.

“Then take it off.”

“…?”

“It’s just the two of us here anyway.”

Upon hearing those words, Muwolcha hesitated briefly before nodding and beginning to unwrap the cloth.

“Thank you for your consideration, The Protagonist.”

Rustle, rustle-.

The sound of cloth being unwound echoed softly.

The fabric wrapped around her face gradually came off, and the cloth around her neck fell away in turn.

Just then.

[Do you know something, Master?]

Yeonwoo the Feathered Sword’s voice was heard.

This was precisely why I and Muwolcha had been maintaining our act even when alone together.

Because Yeonwoo the Feathered Sword was listening.

[I originally liked the people of Haslpart Highlands the most.]

“…”

[The people from that region have exceptionally beautiful appearances on average. They’re tall, with distinct features… You can’t imagine how amazed I was when I visited the highlands long ago.]

Yeonwoo the Feathered Sword chattered excitedly even as Muwolcha unwrapped her cloth.

[Everyone walking around looked like sculptures. Each one was a work of art. Just looking at them made me feel good.]

“…”

[That’s why I really, truly loved Haslpart Highlands. It felt like strolling through a gallery. It was a mandatory course that my previous owners had to take me to.]

Rustle-.

Just then, Muwolcha removed the last piece of cloth that had covered her face.

Fifteen eyeballs revealed themselves all at once.

Her fluorescent purple skin emitted an eerie glow under the guest hall’s soft lighting.

[But that person is… ugh…]

The Feathered Sword’s voice cut off abruptly.

Silence.

A very long silence followed.

Yeonwoo, who would normally chatter endlessly, didn’t say a single word.

Only the sound of Muwolcha turning her neck broke the stillness.

After a long while, Yeonwoo cautiously spoke up.

[Master.]

‘Speak.’

[Could you just… put me in that dark space for a moment?]

“…”

The dark space.

She meant Silence of Mukgwe.

‘No…’

…Was it really that bad?

* * *

Whooom, whooooom-.

The Feathered Sword fell silent.

For her, who extremely hated Silence of Mukgwe, to ask to be imprisoned there herself.

I never imagined she would make such a request.

Whether the Feathered Sword was acting this way because she was a terrible face-obsessed person, or because looking at Muwolcha’s appearance was truly that painful, I couldn’t tell…

“…”

No. Let me correct that.

It was indeed that painful.

‘It really is brutal, honestly.’

Well, anyway.

Thanks to the Feathered Sword voluntarily confining herself to Silence, I could now converse comfortably with Muwolcha.

Befitting Middle Temple’s finest guest hall, the soundproofing was thorough.

Thick stone walls and magic circles were layered so that ordinary conversations wouldn’t leak outside.

‘Besides, no one would dare attempt to eavesdrop on a Sword Master anyway.’

At this point, even Pean the eavesdropper wouldn’t be at Middle Temple.

Even if he were… he’d probably just indulge in all sorts of delusions again.

Just imagining it was exhausting.

Chuckle-.

I let out a laugh and shook my head.

Then I looked at Muwolcha.

“Sis.”

“Yeah?”

“You said covering your whole body with cloth was stuffy, right?”

“Sigh.”

Muwolcha let out a deep breath.

“What’s the point of talking about it. Having to go around like this until we find Kerma Territory is really…”

She paused mid-sentence and covered her face with both hands.

“Ah… This is driving me crazy, seriously…”

Suddenly she started screaming and going into overdrive.

“Isn’t this too much? If I had known it would be like this, I would have possessed a cool and pretty character like Strawberry Latte or you… What is this… What the hell is this…”

I said nothing and just watched her.

For reference, Muwolcha was a player who enjoyed creating pretty and handsome characters, at least until the early rounds.

The reason she chose the martial artist class among countless classes was as follows.

‘Because the base template was beautiful.’

Martial artists were canonically from Haslpart Highlands.

That’s why among all of Roel’s character customization basic sets, the martial artist had the most beautiful appearance.

Based on her outstanding customization abilities, Muwolcha carved the handsome base even more delicately, creating a character with higher completion than anyone else.

In fact, several presets she uploaded to the community gained explosive popularity, and even I had used them frequently.

However.

One problem was….

‘…the more skilled she became, the more she used those customization abilities to create increasingly bizarre characters.’

Without a doubt, the current fluorescent monster was ironically her greatest output.

“Haa, ha….”

Muwolcha stopped in place, breathing heavily.

She covered her face with her fluorescent purple hands, but several eyeballs peeked out between her palms, staring directly at me.

No.

More precisely, they weren’t eyes but dots and tattoos….

“Sister.”

Swoosh-.

Muwolcha silently turned her head toward me.

“As I said before, we can’t fix your appearance right now.”

“….”

“But we can solve the frustrating part right away.”

“What? Really? How?”

That was the exact moment.

[Myumyoeeeeeeeek!]

Whooom-.

A rainbow-colored mosaic cube mass popped out from my chest.

A small creature spinning round and round in the air while emitting colorful lights.

Different colors sparkled on each face of the cube, brightly illuminating the guest hall.

It was Mukyoo.

“What the…?”

Instantly, Muwolcha shot up from her seat.

Her voice was filled with disbelief.

“That’s Mukyoo, isn’t it? You already hatched it?”

[Myomemyup!]

Mukyoo spun excitedly around me. As if delighted to be outside after a long time, it flew around cheerfully.

“How did you get Istereg in the first place? No, right. I guessed you had defeated six divine beasts when I saw you completed Feather Sword’s Jinmyeong Geopbang… but how did you obtain Istereg so quickly? Does that even make sense?”

I responded with a slightly flustered voice.

“Why are you acting like you don’t know? Didn’t Strawberry Latte tell you in the note?”

“Huh? There wasn’t even a mention that you got Mukyoo?”

“…?

No.

What are you talking about.

Whew-.

A sigh escaped without me realizing it.

‘Strawberry Latte, you bastard.’

Can’t you do your job properly?

…that thought was brief.

‘No, that’s not right.’

Thinking back, I could understand his actions too.

Getting Mukyoo was really trivial among all the things I had accomplished.

The butterfly effect on the scenario was also minimal compared to other major events.

Then….

Within the limited capacity of the note, was there really a need to mention it?

‘No.’

Even if I were in the position of sending the note, I wouldn’t have mentioned Mukyoo.

There was too much other important content to convey.

In other words, Mukyoo was peripheral information that didn’t need to be mentioned.

[Myoeeeeeeng… Myoeeeeeek….]

But.

As if reading my inner thoughts, Mukyoo suddenly began flying around listlessly.

The rainbow colors also became slightly darker, and its flight speed slowed down.

It was a reaction as if feeling hurt.

‘No, Mukyoo.’

I hastily made excuses.

‘I absolutely don’t mean you’re useless.’

[Myumyup…?]

A suspicious-sounding cry.

I pointed ahead.

‘Look there. Muwolcha reacting that much is proof of it.’

Indeed, Muwolcha was still frozen, staring at Mukyoo with an expression of disbelief.

It was a natural reaction.

Obtaining Istereg through normal methods inside the game was extremely difficult. Especially at such an early point in time.

And among those, hatching the rarest S-tier pet made Muwolcha’s expression understandable.

[Myup!]

Only then did Mukyoo regain its energy.

Whooom-!

The small creature that escaped from my hand shot up vigorously into the air.

“So….”

Muwolcha, who had been staring at Mukyoo in a daze, turned her head.

“I have a bucketful of questions, but let’s first address what you mentioned initially.”

“….”

“You said earlier that you could solve the frustrating part right away?”

Expectation mixed into Muwolcha’s voice.

“What’s that method? Does it have to do with Mukyoo?”

I looked at Mukyoo spinning around and slowly opened my mouth.

“Mukyoo can transform into various forms. Among them, if it transforms into Haewolsumo form….”

[Myumyumyumyu!]

Before I could finish speaking, Mukyoo reacted.

Whooom-.

The small cube spinning in the air began changing form instantly.

The rainbow colors gradually became transparent, then transformed into a jelly-like soft mass.

“You can wear that on your face.”

“…On my face?”

“Yes. You can breathe and your vision is well secured too. It’s much more comfortable than wrapping with cloth.”

Muwolcha looked at Mukyoo floating in the air with curiosity.

“Oh…?”

Admiration flowed out.

But I didn’t stop talking.

“But that’s just one of many functions.”

“…?”

“There’s a special synergy between martial artists and Mukyoo.”

“Synergy?”

“Yes. If you use it well….”

I paused for a moment and looked straight at Muwolcha.

“I can draw out another level of your potential.”

For a moment, silence flowed.

“…What?”

A low voice.

And.

“Wait, this is completely new information to me?”

Swish-.

Muwolcha rose from her seat and took a step toward me.

“You… you’ve been hiding so much just to maintain your rank 1 position, haven’t you?”

“….”

In fact, it was a reproach I had heard from Strawberry Latte many times.

* * *

The next day.

The meeting room of Middle Temple.

The moment Adelia, Muwolcha, and I entered the meeting room, the atmosphere inside changed instantly.

All eyes focused on one spot.

“Th, that’s….”

Someone muttered quietly.

“A, a divine beast… a divine beast is clinging to her face….”

That’s right.

Buzz-.

On Muwolcha’s face, a rainbow-colored jelly-like creature was comfortably settled.

Mukyoo transformed into the form of Haewolsumo’s body.

A translucent, softly glowing jelly mass gently wrapped around her entire face.

Only eye holes and breathing holes were precisely opened, making it much more comfortable than wrapping with cloth.

Murmur murmur-.

Small whispers flowed among the priests.

They were really quiet sounds. So quiet that Muwolcha couldn’t hear them at all.

But since my sensory stats were so high, I could hear all of their conversations.

“If a divine beast clings to her face to that extent….”

“Just how beautiful must she really be?”

“It must mean she has a truly sacred appearance. The rumors about people from the Haslpart Highlands weren’t unfounded.”

“At the last meeting, didn’t The Protagonist tell us not to discriminate against the hero because of her appearance? Maybe he said that because he was worried others might feel inferior.”

“Hmm. That makes sense.”

“Even with only her eyes visible through the divine beast, she’s truly beautiful.”

A young man sitting nearby glanced at Muwolcha and quietly admired her. He appeared to be a Paladin Novice attending this meeting as an attendant.

“Wow….”

He quietly muttered while looking at Muwolcha’s two eyes visible through Mukyoo.

“Her eyes… are really prett….”

Slowly-.

“Pretty….”

The Paladin Novice’s expression changed strangely.

“Her eyes….”

And.

Admiration instantly turned to horror.

“…Why does she have so many eyes, damn it.”

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