The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 262

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 262

As the conquest of the Difficult Realm concluded, I watched the blades and their masters that had blanketed the surroundings vanish into nothingness.
And the swords embedded in the ground that had enveloped the area like a barrier as well.

A deep resonance thundered through the air.

The last to disappear was the colossal blade suspended in the void.
Cracks spiderwebbed across its surface with a tremendous tremor.
Not long after, the great sword fractured into countless shards, crumbled to dust, and vanished entirely.
I exhaled as I watched the spectacle unfold.

“It’s finished. Now all that remains is extracting the rewards.”

Regardless, the Sword Tomb was a Difficult Realm.
The master of a Difficult Realm must bestow rewards upon those who conquer it.
This Difficult Realm was created by the Lord of the Dead and Geomson.

[I can extract rewards from both of them simultaneously!]
“And while we’re at it, reparations too. Let’s pin this unpleasant feeling on the Scale of Balance.”
[Splendid! Good fortune rolling in of its own accord!]

Good fortune?
Well, it wasn’t misfortune. With a confrontation against the Lord of the Dead looming, gaining the opportunity to increase my strength could certainly be called fortunate.
And beyond that, there were rewards I could claim immediately.

[You have successfully broken The Wanderer’s Incarnate Form.]
[You have satisfied the activation condition for the unique ability, ‘Mad Swordsman’.]
[Your Swordsmanship Annihilation stat has increased by +600,000!]
[Additionally, all stats have increased by +10!]

[You have activated ‘Grand Absorption’.]
[You absorb the remaining vital energy from The Wanderer’s Incarnate Form. Grand Absorption transmutes the nature of the energy and stores it within your body.]
[Demonic Energy is accumulating in your heart….]
[Congratulations! Your Demonic Energy has increased by +30!]
[Additionally, the rate at which you accumulate Demonic Essence has accelerated.]

These were the rewards obtainable by breaking a Descent Form.
It appeared that Geomson’s use of an unconventional method was treated as a legitimate Descent, granting him the rewards.
The peculiar aspect was that the reward level was higher.
Additionally, ‘Void Star Absorption’ received an extra reward.

‘The time required to accumulate demonic energy has been reduced, huh… Interesting.’

This was a reward I had never seen from another Lord’s Descent Form.
Needless to say, it must have been granted because the opponent was The Wanderer.
It was likely because they were connected to the Legacy.
And one more thing.

[You have thwarted the conspiracy between The Wanderer and the Lords, resolving the Difficult Realm.]
[You have satisfied the activation condition for the unique ability ‘Divine Descent’.]
[Future items you obtain will be enhanced.]
[Additionally, Annihilation increases by +10!]

Even the rewards for conquering the Difficult Realm.
It was tedious, but I had gained much from this Difficult Realm in the end.
These rewards would prove invaluable in the Lord Wars to come.
Han Yu-sung stretched languidly.

“It seems I won’t have time to rest for a while.”

True to those words.
From now on, I would have to move without a moment’s respite.
The Lord War with the Lord of the Dead awaited.

* * *

The open Difficult Realm that appeared in Seoul, the Sword Tomb, had been conquered.
The Lord of the Dead and Geomson had opened the Difficult Realm.
News that the Star Lord and The Wanderer had cooperated sent shockwaves across the entire world.
Not just Earth, but even the Lords’ community.

[…They cooperated with The Wanderer?]
[The Lord of the Dead must be thoroughly insane! Did they forget that several deities pathologically despise cooperation with The Wanderer?]
[They wouldn’t have forgotten. They must have done it knowingly. They were willing to accept the penalty just to damage the Lord of War.]
[More precisely, the player under her command.]

It was a topic that couldn’t be helped.
The Wanderer were those who operated independently outside the system of Lords, transcendents possessing power equal to or exceeding that of Lords bearing epithets.
It was inevitable—they had cooperated with a being many Lords feared.
The absurd part was that they had still failed.

[A new Apostle of War, you say.]
[Yes. The Lord of the Dead wouldn’t have thrown such a desperate gamble without reason. He must have judged himself to be in danger. So he sought to eliminate the cause, even if it meant accepting outside help.]
[And that cause is the human Han Yu-sung?]

It was evidence that the Lord of the Dead was experiencing tremendous dread.
For now, he clung to existence because the Golden War hadn’t ended, but once it did, the Lord of War would strike.
Hadn’t she already declared ‘priority’?

[…Fascinating. He should have been utterly ruined by the Lord of Justice. Yet he’s managed to recover thanks to nurturing a single Apostle well.]
[Regardless, we need only watch….]

All the Lords of the world turned their gaze toward Earth.
For them, living as transcendents traversing countless stars sometimes felt tedious.
This incident was perfectly suited to dispel that ennui.

[The Golden War shall soon reach its end.]

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After the open Difficult Realm concluded.
Han Yu-sung and Kakasha had to move ceaselessly, without respite.
The first thing they did was place the two transcendents upon the Scale of Balance.

[‘The Scale of Balance’ has rendered judgment. There were unjust acts in the process of cooperation between the Lord of the Dead and Geomson.]
“Of course. A Lord and The Wanderer cooperated, after all.”
[Hmm. Thanks to that, we were able to extract compensation from them. We received sacred relics and coins from the Lord of the Dead, and from Geomson….]

Kakasha snapped his fingers.
Then a massive Shop materialized before Han Yu-sung’s eyes.

[He agreed to open his Warehouse in the form of a Shop. And a most extraordinary Shop at that! The Scale decreed that you should look directly and choose what you desire. Up to four items, no less!]
“How generous.”

But as I listened to the explanation, a question arose in my mind.
Weren’t The Wanderers those who stood apart from the system of Lords?
So why would they offer rewards from the Difficult Realm?
If they disregard the Lords’ system, they could simply disregard offering rewards as well.
Kakasha answered my doubt simply enough.

[You created the ‘Difficult Realm’ in cooperation with the Lord of the Dead, did you not? In other words, one could say Geomson set foot within the Lords’ system. Once that foot was planted, there was no choice but to abide by the system.]
“So that’s why we ended up receiving rewards.”
[He likely finds it deeply humiliating. The Wanderers are those who despise and shun the Lords, yet he bent his convictions for this.]

It meant he was forced to offer rewards according to the system.
Geomson surely knew this fact. The fact that he pushed forward despite knowing it meant the ‘sacred relic’ was that important to him.

‘He gave it away thinking it couldn’t be stolen. And then it was stolen.’

I suddenly recalled what happened during the Plunder War.
If he’d thought there was any possibility of it being taken, he wouldn’t have entrusted it to his Oath-takers. He entrusted it precisely because he’d eliminated all possibilities.
So how much fury must be boiling inside him now that it was stolen.
Especially since he was collecting legacies with some specific purpose in mind.

“Thanks to that, I’ve gained quite a lot.”

I examined the Shop before me.
I could see items from Geomson’s Warehouse displayed as merchandise.
But there was one peculiar thing.

“What’s this? There are Blessings here?”
[Didn’t I tell you? It’s a very special Shop. If it were just an ordinary shop giving only items, I would have investigated further.]

Kakasha laughed with sinister amusement.
It seemed The Wanderers also had something like Blessings that applied to their Oath-takers, just as the Lords do. They’d decided to steal what they needed from among them.
Those Blessings had manifested in the form of merchandise.

“You came in quite confident, and you had every right to be. Then, you choose the Blessings, and I’ll choose the items.”
[Very well. Hehehehe… Blessings from The Wanderers should be quite useful. They’ll certainly prove valuable.]
“Two items, two Blessings. Let’s choose that way.”

Han Yu-sung, having entrusted the blessing to Kakasha, examined the items in the Shop.
The highest grade of items available in the Shop reached the ‘Mythic’ tier.
It was somewhat disappointing, but I had never expected ‘Eternity’ grade items to be offered anyway, so I felt no particular regret.
And above all.

‘Among Mythic grade items, there are those rivaling Eternity tier.’

Geomson, true to his name, was a Wanderer specialized in ‘blades’.
With careful selection, I could reap extraordinary gains.
Han Yu-sung reviewed the Shop’s inventory and found items that caught his eye.
And the moment he selected an item without hesitation.
The message he had been waiting for appeared.

[Items are being enhanced as a reward for ‘Divine Descent’.]

[Blade’s Ultimate Truth (Mythic)].
· The essence containing the enlightenment of one who has reached the pinnacle of the blade.
· Enhances blade-related skills of SS grade and below. If the corresponding skill is ‘incomplete’, the enlightenment within the essence completes the skill.
· Additionally promotes blade-related skills of S grade and below by one tier.

[Tears of One Who Transcended Mortal Bounds (Mythic)].
· Tears left behind when a great being transcended the mortal realm.
· Adjusts Mythic grade and below blades to match the user’s current level. Additionally, grants ‘potential’ to the corresponding item.
· When a blade bearing ‘Tears of One Who Transcended Mortal Bounds’ absorbs the blood of a transcendent, the blade is promoted to a higher dimensional tier.

[Iron’s Oath]
· Classification: Passive.
· Usage Condition: War Covenant Users.
· Weapons used by Oath-takers gain +30% attack power enhancement, and armor used by Oath-takers gains +30% defense power enhancement.
· Soldiers of ‘Lords’ gain +50% enhancement to both attack and defense power.
· Items with this blessing applied are not easily destroyed.

Two items and one blessing.
Thanks to the enhancement from Divine Descent, the items possessed effects so remarkable it was hard to believe they were merely Mythic grade.
Han Yu-sung examined the blessing Kakasha had selected.

‘Simple yet excellent blessing.’

Granting all Oath-takers unconditional weapon attack power +30%, armor defense +30%.
Should I say the effect is as reliable as it is straightforward?
Kakasha chose a decent blessing.

[Hmm, you’ve selected fine items. One for a skill, another that can be used on an item. Where will you apply it?]
“Well…”

I had decided where to use the Tears of One Who Transcends the Mortal World from the moment I selected it.
The problem was where to apply the Sword’s Extremity.
There were simply too many targets I wanted to use it on.
Han Yu-sung fell into brief contemplation.

“This would be better.”

I quickly selected the skills that would become targets for the Sword’s Extremity.
The skill that best suited the effect of ‘perfecting a skill’.

[You have used the Sword’s Extremity.]
[Target Skill: ‘Geomson (SS)’. A skill possessing tremendous latent potential, yet rendered ‘incomplete’ for unknown reasons.]
[The enlightenment contained within the essence completes that skill…]

A unique ability once possessed by Maezato Oju in the past.
Though I had obtained it in the form of a passive skill through the Descent of a God, it could only be incomplete since I had acquired merely a fragment of talent.

[Geomson (SS)]
· Classification: Passive.
· All damage dealt with a sword +100%.
· Sword-type skills greatly enhanced. Sword energy expands and grows significantly stronger.
· Can perfectly wield all forms of swords. Even swords difficult for humans to use will adjust their form to match the user.
· Can use Sword Eye for a certain duration.
· Can mimic sword-type techniques deployed by opponents for a certain duration.
· Can use Sword Domain for an extremely brief moment.

[Active Effect: Sword Eye.]
[1. Can perfectly predict attacks dealt with swords by all enemies within a certain range, and critical weak points appear on enemies.]
[2. When attacking weak points, ignore 50% of defense, and reduce the opponent’s defense and magical defense.]

[Active Effect: 【Domain of the Blade】.]
[1. The flow of time within a certain range becomes distorted, allowing only the user to move at normal speed.]
[2. All blade strikes are treated as critical hits while this effect is active.]

This was the moment that skill reclaimed its full power.
The power that had made Maezato Oju the greatest swordsman in Japan in my previous life.

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