Sword Master With One Strike Kill - Chapter 69

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One-Strike Kill Swordmaster Episode 69

Episode 69. Haewolsumo (7)

“….”

“….”

A cold silence lingered in the air.

Both Adelia and Isaac Berillov stared at me wordlessly. Their expressions looked as if they had just heard a bad joke.

After a long silence, Adelia finally managed to speak.

“Are you… serious?”

“I am.”

Upon hearing my answer, Adelia asked another question.

“Don’t tell me this is also the will of The Great Ones?”

“….”

Well.

In truth, the ancient deity had never directly told me to form a temporary alliance with the Five Nightmares.

‘But they did ask me to save this world.’

Joining hands with Dorico Shiro was ultimately a choice made to achieve that purpose. So in the bigger picture, it could be considered the will of the Elders.

Having reached that conclusion, I quietly nodded and answered.

“Yes. This too is the will of The Great Ones.”

“….”

Adelia pressed her lips tightly together.

On the surface, she seemed to accept it, but she couldn’t hide the anxiety that clouded her face.

‘That’s understandable.’

Joining hands with the Shadow Sect would have been difficult enough to accept, but an alliance with the Five Nightmares?

Even if it was the will of the Elders, it would be something impossible to understand easily.

The Shadow Sect merely differed in doctrine from the Middle Temple, but was essentially a group that served the Elders.

In contrast, the Five Nightmares were fanatics who openly worshipped Evil Deities.

Moreover, the atrocities they had committed were so vicious that they couldn’t even be compared, so it was natural for Adelia to find this difficult to accept.

But well… what could be done?

Whatever the case, there was a need to cooperate with Dorico Shiro for the future.

Sleeping with the enemy was unavoidable. As long as I had fallen into the world of Lost Elder, such situations would repeat in the future.

‘And honestly, someone like Dorico Shiro is quite manageable.’

Even though she’s crazy, she’s relatively easy to handle.

“Dorico Shiro.”

Anyway.

Having finished my thoughts up to that point, I called out to Dorico Shiro.

It was time to plan our first conspiracy together.

“Now deploy the ‘Soul Separation Barrier.'”

“…Huh?”

Dorico Shiro flinched. She looked as genuinely flustered as when I had seen through her illusion.

“Wh-what, what? How do you know about that barrier?”

How do I know?

I’ve played this damn game 200 times, so I’d be stupid not to know.

Not only the Soul Separation Barrier, but I knew all of Dorico Shiro’s numerous abilities, attack patterns, weaknesses, and even her past.

But since there was no need to explain all of that, I maintained a calm expression and asked straightforwardly.

“Just answer what I ask. Can you deploy the barrier or not?”

“Uh, well….”

Dorico Shiro hesitated.

“But to deploy the Soul Separation Barrier right now is a bit….”

“Are you saying you can’t do it right now?”

“…Y-yeah. Sorry.”

“I see. Then let’s forget about the alliance.”

“What?”

Lightly ignoring the flustered Dorico Shiro, I turned my gaze toward Adelia.

“Adelia, I’ll leave the execution to you. Enjoy the honor of personally killing one of the Five Nightmares.”

“Yes. Thank you, Lord Gaon.”

Shing-!

Adelia raised her sword with a disciplined motion.

A blue-green aura flickered like frost as it enveloped the sword. Just as Adelia was about to bring her sword down toward Dorico Shiro’s neck.

“Kyaak! Kyaaaak! Wait!”

Dorico Shiro writhed with her whole body while desperately shouting.

“I was wrong! I’ll do everything you tell me to! So please spare our Jelly! And spare me too!”

Stop-.

Adelia stopped her sword just before cutting Dorico Shiro.

“I’ll do it! I’ll deploy the Soul Separation Barrier! But… I have a few demands too!”

“Demands?”

When I asked back in a cold voice, Dorico Shiro quickly added.

“I-I know I’m not in a position to make demands!”

“….”

“But if you don’t grant me at least this, I really can’t deploy the Soul Separation Barrier! Really!”

After pausing for a moment, I nodded as if giving in.

“Let’s hear it.”

“F-first, please untie me. I can’t do anything while tied up like this. I’ll just deploy the Soul Separation Barrier and won’t do anything else….”

“Ha.”

Adelia let out a hollow laugh and cut off Dorico Shiro’s words.

“Lord Gaon, you absolutely must not be swayed by that Evil Deity worshipper’s cunning tongue. It’s all lies.”

“Hey!”

Dorico Shiro shouted loudly.

“You stay out of this! Can’t you see we’re having a conversation? Why do you keep interfering since earlier….”

Shing-!

“…I’m sorry. Please spare me.”

When Adelia suddenly raised her sword, Dorico Shiro showed a much more obedient attitude.

She began to continue her demands in a slightly tearful voice.

“R-really… it’s not even a difficult request….”

We silently listened to what Dorico Shiro had to say.

As she said, the request wasn’t particularly difficult.

As promised from the beginning, she wanted us to guarantee Jelly’s safety—that is, Haewolsumo’s safety—and also spare her own life.

“The Soul Separation Barrier is an extremely complex spell. I need to pour out all the curse power I currently possess to barely succeed.”

“….”

“After deploying the barrier, I’ll collapse from exhaustion. I’ve already consumed a considerable amount of curse power in the fight with you. So….”

Dorico Shiro trailed off.

I roughly understood what she wanted to say.

In short, she would be defenseless for a while, so she wanted us to protect her during that time.

It could be considered an extension of her request to spare her life.

I nodded without a moment’s hesitation and accepted Dorico Shiro’s request.

“Understood. Don’t worry about that part.”

“…!”

Dorico Shiro’s mouth fell wide open. She seemed surprised that I had agreed so readily.

“R-really? You really promise?”

“If you can’t believe me, I’ll swear on the name of The Great Ones again this time.”

“No! There’s no need for that! I’ll believe you! I understand your feelings well enough!”

Dorico Shiro shouted with a much brighter voice.

“Then release me now! I’ll deploy the barrier!”

Adelia and Isaac Beriloff, who were nearby, looked at me with suspicious gazes.

Especially Adelia, who bit her lips tightly but seemed unable to dare oppose my decision.

“Are you really… sure this is okay?”

“It’s fine.”

I answered in a dry voice.

“She’s not that strong an opponent anyway. Even if she acts up again, I can just subdue her immediately.”

“…!”

Adelia looked at me with surprised eyes again, and Isaac Beriloff drew in a small breath.

The statement that I could easily subdue one of the Five Nightmares seemed shocking to them.

It could have been taken as boasting, but since they had already witnessed me subduing Dorico Shiro without a single scratch, they couldn’t easily voice their objections.

“Don’t worry! I have no intention of doing anything foolish! Because with my current abilities, I absolutely can’t beat him!”

With Dorico Shiro herself directly admitting that fact, there was no one to oppose this.

Snap-!

I cut off Dorico Shiro’s talismans one by one with my feather sword.

Each time the sharp blade cut through the yellow talismans, the spell characters glowed faintly.

Before long, Dorico Shiro was free.

“Phew!”

Dorico Shiro stretched and loosened her stiff body.

Then she looked at the talisman fragments scattered on the ground and pouted.

“Ugh, what a waste. Those were talismans I put so much effort into making…”

“Hurry up and deploy the barrier.”

“…Fine. I got it. Don’t rush me so much.”

Whoooosh, huu-.

Dorico Shiro closed her eyes and drew in a breath.

She spread both hands and extended them long toward the air.

“Don’t interfere until the spell is complete. Got it?”

With that final warning, she began to tense her entire body.

Saaaaa-.

A dark red light flowed from her fingertips.

What started as faint smoke gradually transformed into clear threads. The red mana flowed along her fingers and began drawing strange patterns in the air.

“Soul Pacification Barrier… Spirit Separation Ritual…”

Murmur murmur-.

Dorico Shiro quietly chanted the incantation.

Now red smoke was rising from her mouth as well.

The spell acting like a spirit word combined with the mana from her fingertips to form even more complex patterns.

Jingle-!

The sound of a bell came from somewhere. It was probably the sound of ritual implements installed somewhere around the lakeside.

At the same time, the surface of the lake began to ripple slowly.

“Moon Contract Comet… Soul Release Summoning…”

Incomprehensible incantations continued. Now Dorico Shiro’s entire body was enveloped in red energy.

That energy writhed like a living creature and stretched toward the center of the lake.

And…

Kwaaaang──!

The water surface split as if torn, revealing a massive silhouette.

Swoooooosh-!

Long tentacles flowed down above the water surface.

The jellyfish tentacles that would have originally emitted sacred light. However, it was now emitting an ominous blood-red glow due to corrupted energy.

Thump, thump-.

A translucent body dyed red.

And even the core like a heart faintly pulsating within it.

【Lv. 90】

“…Haewolsumo.”

Kreeeeek-!

Along with Adelia’s quiet murmur, Haewolsumo’s terrible scream was heard.

It was a horrible noise like the combined screams of several people.

“Krrgh…!”

Dorico Shiro, who had been deploying the barrier, gritted her teeth. Dark blue veins began to bulge on her neck.

Spell power swirled and dark red ripples spread over the water surface. Haewolsumo’s massive body trembled violently and writhed.

“Jelly! Endure it! This is all for you…!”

Dorico Shiro’s expression contained sincere worry. Though it was an absurd situation, she really seemed to care for Haewolsumo.

And…

Crack! Splaaash-!

…A sound like something tearing echoed.

Haewolsumo’s body began to be forcibly separated. Red slime splattered in all directions, and severed tentacles writhed in the air.

Kieeeeeek-!

And what emerged from within the torn main body were two jellyfish.

A divine beast emitting clear, clean blue light.

And a hideous blood-red monster containing the energy of evil deities.

Dorico Shiro’s “Soul Separation Barrier” had succeeded. The two souls that had been mixed in one body were completely separated.

“I, I did it…”

Thud-.

Confirming the barrier’s success, Dorico Shiro collapsed to the ground and fainted.

She had exhausted all her spell power and was drained.

But no one had time to tend to Dorico Shiro.

That was because something terrible was happening in real time before their eyes.

“G, Gaon!”

Adelia’s urgent voice was heard.

Kreeeeeeek-!

The hideous blood-red jellyfish began wrapping the divine beast jellyfish with its tentacles as if it would devour it immediately.

The divine beast was struggling to somehow shake it off.

A situation where we needed to help Haewolsumo.

However, Adelia and Isaac Beriloff only hesitated and couldn’t easily step forward.

Because the two jellyfish’s bodies were completely entangled, the divine beast might get caught up in an attack by mistake.

“Huu.”

I let out a small sigh. It was finally my turn to step up.

Grip-.

As I gripped the feather sword’s handle tightly, I could see the 12-star mythic grade skill rippling with rainbow colors.

〔Available for Use〕

…Once again, the moment to use the 【Soul of the Sword Master】 had arrived.

* * *

‘Wh-what in the world is…!’

Isaac Beriloff’s eyes began to shake violently.

It was a series of shocking situations.

The encounter with Dorico Shiro, the appearance of the Fallen Sea Goddess, and even the sight of that creature splitting into two entities.

Due to those chaotic events that occurred one after another in an instant, he couldn’t possibly collect his thoughts.

“Isaac Beriloff.”

“…!”

Flinch-.

At that very moment.

Isaac Beriloff’s body trembled at the sound of a man’s voice calling his name.

The Thirteenth Sword Master.

Gaon.

He began walking toward the two writhing Haewolsumo, sword in hand.

“Open your eyes and watch closely.”

“….”

“And.”

Step-.

Gaon stopped walking.

Under the sky with intertwined blue and red moons.

His eyes emitted a deep and sharp light as if they contained meteors.

“Make sure to report exactly what you witnessed to the Empress.”

Swish-!

The pure white sword moved horizontally.

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