The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 238

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 238

Whoooosh!

The flames of war engulfed The Void itself.
Then the Legacy blazed with intense light, and The Void that had consumed the Underground Chamber vanished.
The Void that had blanketed the surface, even the Temple of Void itself, dissipated entirely.
At last, the Legacy’s form became visible.

“What is this…?”

Han Yu-sung furrowed his brow upon confirming the Legacy that had finally appeared.
It was not the form he had anticipated.

[A book? And it appears to be quite an ancient one at that.]
“Hmm. A skill tome? This is unexpected.”

The Legacy’s true identity was an extraordinarily weathered book.
What was remarkable was that I could sense tremendous power emanating from it.
A power that could not be felt from ordinary skill tome items.
Han Yu-sung reached out to examine the Legacy, and the moment his hand made contact—

[You possess two Legacies.]
[The rank of 【Unnamed Record】 has been promoted to ‘Eternity’!]

[Unnamed Record (Eternity).]
· A book containing the enlightenment of one whose very name is forbidden.
· Each time you obtain a Legacy connected to the ‘Unnamed Garment’, you can randomly learn a skill recorded in the Unnamed Record. These skills can only be used by those who possess ‘Mana’. (Current Legacies possessed: 2)
· Mana + 30, Mana regeneration speed +40%, Maximum Mana +40%.
· Skill range enhancement using Mana (Intermediate).

An unexpected message appeared, and the item revealed its form.
An ancient secret manual bearing the name Unnamed Record.
It was an extraordinarily intriguing item.

“So I gain one skill each time I obtain a Legacy.”
[It appears so. The question is what rank it possesses…]
“It doesn’t seem like it would be low. It’s Eternity rank, after all.”

There was no need to worry about such things anyway.
I would learn which skills to acquire through direct experience.
Excluding the Unnamed Record, I currently possessed two legacies.
Which meant.

[The Unnamed Record and ‘Legacy’ are resonating.]
[You acquire two random skills recorded in the Unnamed Record….]

I could test the Unnamed Record’s effects immediately.
The worn secret manual in my grasp began to emit a dense dark aura.
That aura resonated with the legacies I wore.
Soon, black light engulfed the Underground Chamber.
And when that light faded.

[Defying Heaven (SS)].
· Classification: Active.
· Using dark aura, block all attacks directed at yourself, then transform the absorbed energy into a spiraling sphere and release it.
· The stronger the absorbed energy, the greater the skill’s power.
· When seeking to defy the heavens, this skill is enhanced.

[Shattering Heaven (SS)].
· Classification: Active.
· Channel dark aura compressed to its limit into a single punch.
· A shockwave with the force to destroy heaven and earth strikes the enemy, and the exploding aura sweeps the surrounding area, annihilating all enemies within range.
· Possesses the property of ignoring the opponent’s ‘defense’.
· When seeking to shatter the heavens, this skill is enhanced.

Two skills flooded into my mind.
Both SS-rank skills.
What was interesting was the condition attached to the skills.

“When defying or shattering the heavens, the skill is enhanced, huh….”
[A meaningful phrase indeed. Do you have any inkling of its meaning?]
“How could I possibly know?”

Literally shattering the sky? That makes no sense.
This sky is a metaphor.
Not merely the heavens, but an existence equivalent to the sky itself.
When one seeks to break such an existence, perhaps the skill becomes strengthened.
If my suspicion is correct.

[…There’s no one but the Lords, is there?]
“Right. Though even higher existences would fall within that category, I suppose.”
[Higher existences… Ah! Master, I just remembered something!]

Kakasha suddenly clapped his hands together.
Then he began moving his hands frantically, trying to express something.

[Listen to this. There’s one suspicious thing!]
“What is it? Tell me.”
[Do you remember when that Ugleyn fell?]

It had happened just moments ago—there was no way I could forget.
Battered and broken, swept up in the relentless barrage and the Heavenly Blade’s onslaught, the Void that had enveloped Ugleyn’s entire body was beginning to dissipate.
But in that instant, a tremendous power had surged into Ugleyn.
He had made one final desperate struggle.

[At that moment, I sensed a formidable presence.]
“Was it The Wanderer’s presence?”
[No, it was higher than that. If my senses aren’t mistaken, it was a presence from beyond the Lords—from the Gods themselves.]

Kakasha was a Lord bearing an epithet.
He must have encountered the Gods, existences standing above the Lords.
If he said so, it had to be true.

“Then, the Gods have interfered in this Difficult Realm?”
[Rather than interference, it would be more accurate to say they installed a ‘mechanism.’ It feels like a mechanism that shouldn’t have activated did activate, and they came to check on it… It’s difficult to explain with certainty.]
“I see, that makes sense.”

Han Yu-sung nodded in agreement.
Certainly. Just moments ago, the aura Ugleyn had released in his final moments was far too formidable to be that of a Lord.
If it came from the Gods, that would explain it.

[However, hmm…. I cannot say whether it was a god who directly created this Difficult Realm and made this Temple of Void as it is….]
“Well, it’s a matter we can only remain ignorant about.”

Regardless, it was certain that a god was involved in this Difficult Realm.
A smile played at the corners of Han Yu-sung’s lips.

“Things are becoming increasingly interesting.”

Han Yu-sung gazed down at the garment he wore.

‘It said that even a name was not permitted.’

The brief description inscribed upon the Unnamed Garment.
The vestment of one to whom even a name was not permitted.
I had long wondered—why specifically was a name not permitted?
Had there been a proper name attached to it before?

[If that were the case….]
“Someone erased it. The name from the Record of the Unnamed, and the name of the one who was the original master of this garment.”
[Only a certain kind of being could accomplish such a thing.]
“Yes. Either a god, or something even greater than that.”

At the same time, to phrase it differently.

‘Could it mean that this person possessed power so formidable that even such beings felt compelled to erase their very name and existence?’

Han Yu-sung looked down at his fist.
And perhaps that was.

‘Most likely a Fallen God, or someone connected to one.’

A Fallen God, The Wanderer, a legacy. And the Gods themselves.
These four keywords were connected to one another in some manner.
If I could understand what transpired here….

– Thank you, my benefactor.
“…!”

At the sudden voice, I flinched, my body tensing.
I turned my head hastily, and a familiar face came into view.
Ugleyn, whom I had fought moments before, hovered beside me like a phantom.
No—with a semi-transparent body, he truly seemed to be a spirit.

“You startled me. What, weren’t you dead?”
– My body has perished. But my soul endures.
“Well, that’s obvious enough, but….”

Anyone could see he was a spirit.
It would be stranger still to claim he was alive in that state.

– I, and we, have suffered long in The Void. Now that we have found peace, I wish to take a long rest, but….

Ugleyn’s semi-transparent eyes gazed upon me.

– Before I depart, it seems I must express my gratitude to my benefactor. And perhaps answer the questions that have surely troubled you….
“So you stayed behind to answer my questions?”
[A conscientious one, indeed.]

Kakasha was right.
I had thought he might simply vanish without explanation.
But this choice proved invaluable to me now.

“Can I ask anything?”
– Anything within my capacity to answer. Unfortunately, my memories have grown unstable from prolonged corruption by The Void.
“So there are things you can answer, and things you cannot.”

It was regrettable, but unavoidable.
I quickly considered what to ask first.

“Very well. First question: what happened here?”
– This place… I should first explain its purpose. This was a temple that served an entity who was never granted a name.
“You mean the Master of Unnamed Garment?”

I gestured toward the Unnamed Garment as I spoke.
Ugleyn nodded slowly.

– Yes. Once, I bore a name born from glorious deeds, but I was stripped of all that and deemed unworthy of such a title….
“Is that why you cannot speak your own name—because you were denied permission?”
– That is correct.

One thing had become certain.
The Master of Unnamed Garment—likely a fallen god, I suspected. Whoever stole his name must be a god or something far greater still.
Only they could impose such a restriction, preventing even the utterance of a name.
It was an impossible constraint without divine power.

– We have been protecting the enlightenment left behind by that being in this place. The Unnamed Record, which now rests in your hands.
“It seems you failed to protect it in the end.”
– Yes. One day, The Wanderer came to this place. We grew careless, and The Wanderer seized that opportunity without hesitation.

Ugleyn’s explanation unfolded as follows.
One of The Wanderers had discovered the Temple of Void, and in the moment of negligence from Ugleyn and the others, made contact with the Unnamed Record.
And then.

– With the aid of the Gods, they attempted to destroy the legacy. In that very instant, the legacy began to run amok… and the magical energy it unleashed became The Void, consuming everything in its path.
“So this Void is the result of the legacy running out of control?”
– That is correct.

It was an unexpected answer.
Han Yu-sung and Kakasha had assumed this Void originated from the Gods. But the power was inherent to the legacy itself.
What was even more surprising was that they had failed to destroy the legacy.
Even with the aid of the Gods.

‘Ah, so that’s why.’

The Gods are wary of the fallen god and the legacy born from him.
Beings of immense power—nay, omniscient power, needless to say.
If they were cautious, wouldn’t destroying the legacy be the logical choice?
The reason they did not lay within this temple.

– The Wanderer who attempted to contain The Void realized it was impossible and fled, sealing this place as a Difficult Realm to prevent The Void trapped within and the beings consumed by it from escaping….

This was how the 【Temple of Void】 as a Difficult Realm came to be.
This was why its true nature had never been revealed to anyone until now.
Han Yu-sung stroked his chin, lost in thought.

‘Even the Gods themselves cannot touch this carelessly. Is this it?’

Even The Wanderer, a transcendent being, had no choice but to flee, and the God who aided him could do nothing despite knowing of the Difficult Realm’s existence.
It meant they could not withstand The Void emanating from the rampaging Legacy.
I began to understand why Geomson, a Wanderer like figure, coveted the Legacy.

“I have one question. What is The Void?”
– It is another possibility that the ‘demonic energy’ you possess can reach. That is all I can tell you.
“Fascinating.”

To put it differently.

‘A power to rival even the Gods, beyond what The Wanderer could achieve.’

A smile naturally bloomed at the corners of my lips.
I posed several other questions to Ugleyn, but no meaningful answers came back. His memories were unstable.
But this was enough.

“I have another reason to gather the Legacies.”

They were items perfectly suited to my purpose.
There was no reason not to gather them.
The moment I thought that.

Shhhhhhhhh….

Ugleyn’s body trembled violently.
It was a movement as though he might vanish at any moment.

– My allotted time has expired. Benefactor, I have left behind a reward for saving us. Use it as you see fit. And….

Ugleyn gradually faded away.
His voice scattered like heat shimmer.

– Continue forward to the very end.

That was the last.
Silence settled over the Underground Chamber where Ugleyn had vanished. Left alone, I surveyed the chamber once more, then turned my back.

“I was already planning to do that.”

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