The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 101

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 101

Bite, crush, destroy.
There was no need for any other thought. Han Yu-sung threw himself into combat with the endless procession of boss monsters, lost in a state of absolute focus.
I dodged by instinct, attacked by instinct.

A resonant boom echoed through the air!

The corpses of countless boss monsters accumulated across the Colosseum floor.
Having felled his opponent, Han Yu-sung absorbed the blood and immediately turned his head.
A new boss monster had appeared directly behind him.
A warrior clad in metallic armor, wings spread wide.
A message revealed the creature’s identity, but I paid it no mind.

A deafening roar tore through the air!

– A guttural cry erupted!

Whoever it was, it was nothing but prey to be hunted.
A bolt of lightning carved across the ground. It raked deeply across the warrior’s body before a torrent of shadow blades erupted skyward.
The shadow blades surged forth in unison toward the warrior.

– A piercing shriek tore from the warrior’s throat!

The warrior roared and spread its wings with tremendous force.
Feathers infused with mana shot forth, intercepting the approaching shadow blades.
Han Yu-sung seized the opening and unleashed a movement technique.
A violent gale swept toward the warrior.

– A shriek of alarm!
– A sharp whistle of wind!

The warrior sensed the approaching tempest.
It could not allow the enemy to close in. With that judgment, the warrior thrust its spear with all its might.
Wind spiraled from the spear’s tip, transforming into a devastating vortex that rushed toward Han Yu-sung.
The wind pressure was enough to obliterate everything it touched.
Yet it never reached Han Yu-sung.

– Kiiieek…?!

My body melted into the shadows and vanished.
In the next instant.

– Kiaaaaaa!

I erupted from the shadows behind the warrior’s back.
【Decoy】. The warrior sensed the danger and attempted to take flight, spreading its wings.
Then shadows surged from the ground, binding its wings.
The warrior was forcibly dragged down.
I thrust my hand forward.

Craaack!

– Kraaaaaaagh!

A harrowing scream pierced the air.
I raked my hand across its face as if to silence its cries, unleashing a relentless barrage of attacks without pause.
Slashing with my blade, tearing with blood wind, consuming with flames.
And just as I was about to drive 【Blood Sea Crimson Flame Palm】 into it.

Whoosh!

I realized.
My opponent had already collapsed.
It lay motionless—whether dead or merely broken, there was no sign of life.

“Huff, huff. Next.”

I exhaled roughly and searched for the next enemy.
But there was none.

[10 minutes have elapsed.]
[You have successfully defeated 5 or more enemies within the allotted time. You have defeated a total of 14 enemies.]
[An incredible achievement. Your final reward has been enhanced.]

The allotted time had expired.
In ten minutes, Han Yu-sung had slain fourteen boss monsters.
An absurd pace.

“What, it’s over?”
[I hesitate to say it, but he truly fights like a beast….]

Kakasha, who had been watching, clicked his tongue.
Observing Han Yu-sung battle the relentless tide of monsters, such an impression was inevitable.
The trial was merciless beyond measure, yet he seemed to relish it, fighting purely on instinct.

“A shame. I’m still lacking in strength.”
[You say that after slaying this many? How many were you hoping to kill?]
“I thought I could manage around twenty.”
[A Covenant Bearer of the Goddess herself, yet truly remarkable….]

Kakasha shook his head, sensing that Han Yu-sung’s regret was genuine.
Regardless, the trial had concluded.
Which meant.

[All trials have been completed.]
[Congratulations! You have achieved remarkable results in all five trials. No one who has ever challenged these trials has accomplished what you have.]
[You shall receive a reward befitting the most difficult of trials.]

It was time for the rewards to be granted.
The 【Trial of Swift Passage】 strengthens its rewards the more each trial’s objective is exceeded.
And Han Yu-sung had exceeded every single trial’s objective.
Needless to say, exceptional rewards awaited him.
And indeed, such was the case.

[You receive 50,000 Coins as a reward.]
[You have obtained a vast amount of experience. Your level rises by 7!]
[Strength +7, Agility +7, Vitality +7.]
[Through the effect of Divine Descent, Strength and Agility rise by +2, and Vitality rises by +3!]
[As an additional reward from Divine Descent, Willpower rises by +10.]
[You have acquired the passive skill ‘Swift Passage (S)’!]
[You have acquired the item ‘Ring of Swiftness (Legendary)’!]

[Swift (S)]
· Classification: Passive.
· Agility +10%, all speed +10%.
· All movement-type skill effects +30%, mana consumption –15%.
· Greatly reduces the effectiveness of speed-reducing debuffs.
· Adds a damage reduction -30% effect to the next movement skill deployed. (Cooldown: 60 minutes.)

[Ring of Swiftness (Legendary)]
· Slot: Ring.
· Agility +15, speed +10%.
· Enhances the next movement skill used. (Cooldown: 10 minutes.)

Considering I’d resolved it in mere tens of minutes, these were exceptional rewards.
Yet something felt incomplete if it ended here.
Hadn’t the message stated that I would receive rewards befitting the most difficult trial?

[The Difficult Realm tallies the achievements of all challengers who have passed through it thus far.]
[Determining the challenger with the most outstanding achievement….]
[Congratulations, Player Han Yu-sung!]
[In accordance with the will of the Lord who created the Hall of Trials, ownership of this Difficult Realm is transferred to the player who completed the Swift Trial!]
[However, as you are a player, you cannot directly operate the Difficult Realm. Cooperate with your Lord to manage it!]

My eyes widened upon reading the message.
It was a reward that could only astonish me.

“They’re transferring ownership of the Difficult Realm?”
[Woohoooo! A windfall! A windfall indeed!]
“Ugh, my ears.”

Upon seeing the reward, Kakasha burst forth as a small girl-shaped flame and bounded about like an unleashed puppy.
She couldn’t contain her joy.

[Considering the coins required to create a Difficult Realm of this caliber… Are you an angel? Or perhaps a god? Just how extraordinary must your Lord be! You there! Will you not join me in praising the Lord who created this Difficult Realm…!]
“Sigh….”

I massaged my brow and exhaled deeply.
To think the Lord of War, who once commanded multiple dimensions, was going berserk over a single Difficult Realm. I felt a sudden pang of sympathy.
Yet I couldn’t say I didn’t understand.

‘Creating a new Difficult Realm requires an astronomical amount of coins.’

I didn’t know the exact amount.
From what I understood, the larger and more advanced the Difficult Realm, the more coins it consumed.
The ‘Hall of Trials’ was quite an impressive Difficult Realm.
And as if on cue, Kakasha seemed to have read my thoughts.

[This much would require several million coins!]
“That much? It’s staggering.”

I speculated on the amount of coins that must have gone into creating the Difficult Realm.
Not merely ‘a million,’ but ‘several million’ coins.
Even I couldn’t help but whistle at such a sum.
It was a form of investment capital, so to speak. The Lords poured vast amounts of coins into creating Difficult Realms to generate even greater returns.

‘Evaluation rewards, entrance fees, and the like.’

By crafting an exceptional Difficult Realm and operating it successfully, coins flowed continuously to the corresponding Lord under the guise of ‘evaluation rewards.’
It was like creating a perpetual fountain of coins.
It felt like acquiring a thriving piece of real estate.

‘In essence, I’ve obtained several million coins’ worth of assets along with skills.’

The transfer of Difficult Realm ownership was exceedingly rare.
Unless the Lords waged war and forcibly seized it from one another—otherwise, it occasionally appeared as a reward in trials and such.
It was that uncommon, and therefore that precious a reward.
I had obtained an enormous reward from a single Difficult Realm.
Yet there was one thing that troubled me.

“Why would they give me this Difficult Realm….”

It was an inevitable question.
Why transfer ownership of such a valuable Difficult Realm?
With a Difficult Realm of this caliber, they could have reclaimed it and still profited handsomely.
The moment I thought this, a voice reached my ears.

[Challenger, hear me.]
[This is the first Difficult Realm I created as a Lord. I had intended to reclaim it before ascending to higher planes, but my heart grew conflicted. So I chose not to reclaim it, and instead left this Difficult Realm here.]
[I entrust you with the task of maintaining and preserving this Difficult Realm. So long as its form as a ‘trial’ remains intact, you may alter it however you wish.]
[When the day comes that I am lost, I will return to see it.]

It was the voice of the Lord who had created this Difficult Realm.
Hearing the voice, I grasped the general situation.

“They’ve ascended.”
[Yes. Whether they became a god or an administrator.]

The voice had said “before ascending to higher planes.”
When Lords speak of higher planes, they typically mean the realm of gods.
For a Lord to leave behind a Difficult Realm of this caliber, they must have possessed tremendous power and vast wealth.
And they would have been equally extraordinary.

“When I am lost? I don’t understand what that means.”
[You seem to grasp the general meaning, girl. Well, there’s no need to concern yourself with it now. It’s something those who ascend inevitably experience…]

Kakasha trailed off.
I considered pressing further, but decided against it.
There was no need to know now. Eventually, I would meet the Lord who created this Difficult Realm anyway.
I could ask them directly then.

“In any case, I’ve gathered everything I need, so perhaps…”

I should head back.
As that thought crossed my mind, a message appeared before my eyes.
A message that forced me to stop in my tracks.

[A portion of the Godly Swordsman’s potential has awakened.]
[When you defeat a special player, there is now a chance that a ‘Fragment of Talent’ will drop. If you use this fragment, you can wield a degraded version of the ‘unique ability’ that player possessed.]

My eyes widened.
But as if I had already anticipated this, I quickly regained my composure.
Soon after, a small fragment tumbled from my pocket.

[Fragment of Talent.]
· A fragment containing part of Maezato Oju’s talent ‘Sword Saint (S)’.
· It cannot be used yet, but it will become usable someday.

It was a fragment obtained after defeating Oju.
Shortly after, the fragment was absorbed into Han Yu-sung’s body.

[Sword Saint (S)]
· Classification: Passive.
· All damage dealt with swords +20%.
· Enhancement of sword-type skills. Sword energy expands and grows stronger.
· As an innate talent, capable of skillfully wielding all types of swords.
· Able to predict the opponent’s sword path to a certain degree.
· When reaching the extreme state of concentration, ‘weaknesses’ become visible.

Oju’s unique ability, ‘Sword Saint’, had been converted into a skill.
Though a degraded version, that talent which Oju wielded as a unique ability had now become mine.
This meant I could steal it from other players as well going forward.

“It’s certainly different, perhaps because it’s a unique ability.”

It also meant that possibilities I could never have obtained in my past life continued to emerge.
Han Yu-sung turned away with a satisfied smile.

“Well then, shall I go prepare the reward Dungeon?”

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The Top Floor of the Korean Player Alliance, the Alliance Leader’s office.
Jain stared blankly at the message that had appeared before her eyes.

[The Difficult Realm tallies the achievements of all challengers who have faced it thus far.]
[Determining the challenger who achieved the most outstanding results….]
[We regret to inform you, Player Jain.]
[You are not the recipient eligible for the most exceptional reward.]

The message had appeared while she was attending to her duties as usual.

“…What did I do to deserve this message?”

It felt like someone had suddenly shown up and slapped me across the face.

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