Sword Master With One Strike Kill - Chapter 275

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One-Strike Kill Swordmaster Episode 275

Episode 275. Ravenhil (2)

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The most efficient way to find the Sword Masters of the Divided Soul was surprisingly simple.

Namely, having the most skilled person break through the Ravenhil forest in one go and face them directly at the hilltop.

And now.

Everyone was trying to entrust that role to me.

It wasn’t unreasonable, since they all recognized me as the strongest among us.

‘However….’

The problem was that climbing to the top of Ravenhil alone would be an extremely difficult task for me.

A section where unpredictable attacks continued endlessly. A place where I’d have to deal with monsters suddenly jumping out from the darkness.

‘In the game, this area was notorious for its jump scares.’

I was confident in one-on-one duels or large-scale battles, but this type of combat wasn’t my specialty.

The only things that might help were [Ultimate Auto-Parrying] and [True Ritardando].

But after exhausting all of those, I’d have to climb to the top of Ravenhil with pure physical ability alone.

And that was essentially tantamount to suicide.

‘But I can’t just suddenly say it’s impossible here….’

There was only one method.

“Adelia, and Pean.”

…Namely, using the fanatics who followed me.

“Follow me. I have something to discuss with you two while we go to meet the Divided Soul.”

“…?”

“…?”

With those words, I began walking toward the path leading into the deep forest.

Finally, leaving a word of instruction to the Relic Investigation Team.

“Captain Yaakov.”

“Yes.”

“It might take quite a while, so set up camp here with the members and wait.”

“Understood.”

Bow-.

Captain Yaakov answered while politely lowering his head.

Adelia and Pean, who had been standing there blankly for a moment, hurriedly followed behind me.

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Thud thud-.

Gaon, Adelia, and Pean instantly disappeared into the darkness of Ravenhil.

Only after their footsteps had completely faded did Yaakov turn his head toward the members.

“Alright everyone, let’s quickly start preparing camp.”

“Yes!”

The Relic Investigation Team members began moving in unison.

They parked seven carriages at the entrance of the dark forest and set up tents around them while unloading luggage.

Their movements were practiced. They were veterans who had been through countless expeditions.

When the situation had been organized to some extent.

“Director.”

Several members quietly approached Yaakov.

“How was it?”

“Hm? What?”

“You must have had conversations with The Protagonists inside the carriage.”

Murmur murmur-.

Voices filled with anticipation flowed from here and there.

Yaakov chuckled inwardly.

‘As expected, everyone was curious.’

The Relic Investigation Team was an organization that didn’t place much importance on hierarchy or superior-subordinate relationships.

During expeditions they followed rigid and strict rules, but in other situations they just lived like friends and family.

The predecessors had deliberately created such an atmosphere.

Thanks to this, the members would unhesitatingly ask questions to the director like now.

“You rode in the same carriage as the Primordial Beings, didn’t you learn some incredible secrets?”

“Last time you said you would ask them about research hypotheses that needed verification.”

“I’m envious. I wanted to ride in the same carriage as The Protagonists too….”

Expectant gazes turned toward Yaakov.

It was a natural reaction.

Gaon and Pean.

These two were the distinguished guests that the Relic Investigation Team members paid the most attention to as Primordial Beings.

Just recently, the Koshat Siblings had met these two during the last expedition and verified various research and hypotheses of the Relic Investigation Team through brief exchanges.

In other words, Gaon and Pean were very precious individuals who knew the correct answers to relic investigation research and hypotheses.

However.

“Everyone calm down. We didn’t have separate conversations inside the carriage.”

“…What?”

Pause-.

At Director Yaakov’s words, the chattering members all closed their mouths at once.

Disappointment was clearly visible in their expressions.

Director Yaakov, wearing a bitter smile, also let out a small sigh.

“Whew.”

In fact, the most disappointed person was Director Yaakov himself.

He too had been secretly looking forward to conversations with the two Primordial Beings.

‘But what could I do. It wasn’t an atmosphere where I could strike up a conversation.’

Throughout the journey, Adelia, who had been riding in the same carriage, had an extremely serious expression. She had no choice. Ravenhil was the place where the enemy who killed her parents resided.

Similarly, Pean and Gaon also seemed deep in thought. With the two Sword Masters being so serious, it was quite difficult to rashly bring up a conversation first.

And in the case of the monk from the Haslpart Highlands with the unusual name Muwolcha….

‘What exactly does that person do?’

There was no information.

Through the conversation Gaon and Pean had in the carriage, he could guess that her identity was a ‘hero.’

But he still couldn’t know what exactly that meant.

Above all.

‘How are you supposed to have a conversation with someone wearing a silver jelly on their head?’

If she had been completely strange, he would have just accepted it.

The problem was that Muwolcha’s behavior was extremely polite.

She bowed her waist respectfully in greeting, and her manner of speech was courteous. The way she placed her hand on her chest and showed formal respect was that of a noble monk itself.

…But there was a silver jelly covering her head.

‘That sense of disparity.’

It was an indescribable, bizarre fear.

That was the reason he couldn’t rashly speak to Muwolcha even after Pean, Adelia, and Gaon had disappeared.

It wasn’t just Yaakov.

The other members felt the same way.

Glance-.

Yaakov looked around.

Several members were gathered around the Sword Masters of Jeungmu, asking various questions.

But no one approached Muwolcha.

Everyone was just stealing glances at her.

However.

‘…Right. There are exceptions to everything.’

Murmur murmur-.

Even while everyone kept their distance from Muwolcha, two curious people approached her and began striking up a conversation.

It was the Koshat Siblings.

The distance was too far to hear the conversation clearly, but from what he could catch, an incomprehensible word called ‘Mukyoo’ kept being repeated.

‘Mukyoo? What the hell is Mukyoo…?’

Just as Captain Yaakov was puzzled.

“Myumyup.”

“…?”

He couldn’t help but doubt his ears.

He hadn’t heard wrong.

Muwolcha had suddenly started babbling like a child.

“Myumyupmyumumuk.”

What was even more absurd was that the Koshat Siblings, upon hearing that babbling, clapped their hands and cheered as if overjoyed.

“…”

Captain Yaakov blinked repeatedly, unable to hide his bewilderment.

A completely incomprehensible situation.

A Haslpart monk with jelly covering her head was spouting strange babbling, and the Koshat Siblings who heard it suddenly started jumping around and cheering excitedly.

Of course.

The Koshat Siblings had recognized Mukyoo attached to Muwolcha’s head and greeted it, and Mukyoo had responded with babbling…

But there was no way Captain Yaakov could know that.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

Yaakov, who had been making a bewildered expression, quietly turned his head and prepared to make camp.

‘I should just pretend I don’t know anything.’

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Ravenhil was a dark and gloomy space.

And there were constant monster attacks every moment.

Looking at it this way, it might seem no different from the “Abyss,” but these two spaces were distinctly different.

‘Ravenhil gives you the oppressive feeling that this entire region exists to kill intruders.’

If anything, it was similar to Camillo von Taribas’ Corpse Exhibition and the Corrupted Forest of the Heavenly Sea.

Swish swish swish-.

Living earth.

Along with the sound of wind, the rustling of branches and leaves could be heard.

It was the next moment that Adelia, who had been walking, frowned.

“This is…”

Swoosh-.

Her gaze stopped on a tree to the side.

A tree trunk visible through the dark field of vision. There, sword marks she had left while passing by earlier were clearly carved.

“We definitely passed this path just a moment ago.”

Bewilderment was evident in Adelia’s voice.

“Don’t tell me we’re lost?”

Pean quietly shook his head.

“No. It’s natural for Ravenhil’s environment to change.”

“…Excuse me?”

“Didn’t Captain Yaakov say earlier? That this forest’s nutrients are corpses. Naturally, the plants have also evolved to desire corpses. That’s why they try to trap people like this.”

“…!”

Adelia’s eyes widened.

Meanwhile, Pean smiled gently and looked around.

“There’s nothing to worry about. I can see through all of this with my enhanced senses.”

Right.

That was the reason I brought Pean to Ravenhil.

This forest disrupts intruders’ vision and sense of direction, but it can be easily overcome by utilizing other extremely developed senses.

With Pean, we could easily break through Ravenhil.

Moreover.

Whooom-!

Kieeeek-!

A sharp scream erupted from the darkness.

Clang clang clang clang-!

Adelia’s spirit swords flew through the air in unison. The body of a monster hiding behind a tree was instantly torn to shreds.

Thunk-.

The dull sound of a sword piercing flesh.

“11 o’clock direction, 7 meters.”

Pean immediately reported the position calmly.

Swoosh-.

The meteor sword flashed like lightning, tracing an arc.

Another monster that had been hanging among the branches on the ceiling fell straight to the ground.

‘How convenient.’

I didn’t lift a finger.

Pean identified enemy positions, and Adelia dealt with them.

Truly, it was a perfect combination.

Thud, thud-.

How much further did we walk like that?

Monster attacks continued, but we advanced forward without incident.

‘Soon…’

The slope became steeper.

It meant we had climbed to the middle of Ravenhil.

“So, Lord Gaon.”

Just then, Pean turned to look at me and asked cautiously.

“May I ask what you wanted to tell us that was important enough to have us accompany you?”

“…”

To be honest.

I didn’t really have anything to say.

I just made that excuse because it would be strange to suddenly tell them to follow me.

‘Though it’s not like I have absolutely nothing to say.’

I knew everything about Adelia and Pean’s past and personalities.

I had spent countless hours with them through 199 playthroughs.

So I could easily come up with things to say to them.

‘I do have something good to tell both of them.’

Just as I was about to speak.

“Stop.”

An unfamiliar voice was heard.

Whoosh-.

Adelia, Pean, and I all turned our heads in that direction simultaneously.

In the darkness.

Two young children were standing there.

A boy and girl who looked like twins.

Only their hair length differed, but their faces were completely identical. The boy wore a white robe, while the girl wore a black robe.

“….”

Crack-.

Adelia clenched her fist tightly.

Cracking sounds came from her knuckles. The faint sound of grinding teeth could be heard.

It was a natural reaction.

And for good reason, since those were the Sword Masters of the Divided Soul.

Before we could even reach the top.

The other side had come to find us first.

“….”

Swish-.

The boy in the white robe looked at Pean and asked in a dry yet domineering voice.

“For what reason did you visit this place without notice, Pean.”

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