The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 6

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 6

Crack!

Han Yu-sung smashed open the storage chest and pulled out the book inside.

[Wind and Cloud Footwork (S)]
· A book containing ‘Wind and Cloud Footwork,’ composed of three techniques.

An S-rank skill book that would be difficult to obtain even with tens of millions of gold.
And in my past life, it was a footwork technique favored by The Great Thief.
I had witnessed The Great Thief excel with this very technique firsthand.

‘In this life, it will be mine instead of The Great Thief’s.’

I felt no particular guilt about it.
The Great Thief had caused me considerable hardship in my previous life.
And the books here were far more than just Wind and Cloud Footwork.

“There’s so much good material here, I’m not sure what to choose.”

This space had far fewer Study Rooms compared to the outside.
But the skill books within those Study Rooms were all high-grade, with excellent performance.
Skill books that could fetch quite a high price.
Mirrors reflected these skill books.

“So these are the illusions.”

Mirrors possessing the power to create illusions.
The books reflected in these mirrors appear as illusions in the Study Rooms of the outer Library, deceiving players’ eyes and luring them.
The Wind and Cloud Footwork in the storage chest was no exception.
In my past life, The Great Thief exposed this fact and condemned the Lord of Knowledge for it.

“For such a shallow trick, a price must be paid.”

Han Yu-sung quickly scanned through the study rooms before selecting a single book.
It was an A-rank skill book titled 【Body Enhancement】.
After securing it, Han Yu-sung immediately attempted to leave the chamber.
That was when an overwhelming presence made itself known from somewhere.

[The Lord of Knowledge reveals panic and fury.]
[He demands to know how you discovered this place.]

In the empty air, a pair of pristine white eyes materialized.
The Lord of Knowledge. His eyes trembled visibly—a testament to his shock.
Upon seeing him, I let out a scornful laugh.

“Did you truly believe this scheme would remain hidden forever?”

[The Lord of Knowledge erupts in violent rage at your insult.]
[He declares: This scheme? How dare a mere human speak such words to a lord!]

The eyes blazed with a searing cyan light.
And within the Library, there were beings who answered the lord’s wrath.

[You have selected an S-rank skill book. All Librarians within the Library begin pursuing you. Flee!]

– Keeeeeeeeee!
– Kiiiiiiii!

Strange shrieks grew rapidly closer.
The Librarians. They swarmed to subdue Han Yu-sung.
The eyes flashed with contemptuous mockery.

[“I know not how you found this place.”]
[“But you will not leave with that.”]

Crimson letters seared themselves across my vision.
Han Yu-sung scoffed and strode toward the exit.

“Try if you can.”
“Keeeeeeeeee!”

A corridor filled with destroyed traps.
Beyond it, grotesque monsters—Librarians—revealed themselves.
They bared their hostility, extending claws sharp as blades.
A message appeared before Han Yu-sung’s eyes.

[Librarians grow stronger as their numbers increase.]
[Sufficient Librarians have gathered. The buff activates.]
[Knowledge’s Solidarity: The Librarians’ levels and stats are enhanced!]

The message conveyed that the Librarians had grown stronger.
At that same moment.
I ignited a crimson heat rising from within my core.

[At the current level, these are formidable foes.]
[The ‘Giant Killing’ buff activates through the effect of God’s Descent!]
[All stats +5, fist damage +10%, speed +10%.]

The buff had activated.
With this level of enhancement, I possessed strength comparable to—though not quite exceeding—the ogre from the tutorial.
The problem was their sheer numbers.

‘I don’t have time to deal with them one by one.’

If the Lord grows enraged, all the Librarians will converge here.
I need to neutralize these enemies and escape this place swiftly.
Besides, the Librarians here are mere monsters—they grant no additional rewards.
There’s no reason to waste effort eliminating them.

“Kiieeeeeeee!”

Two Librarians occupied the corridor.
I kicked off the ground and charged toward them. The Librarians spread their arms wide, positioning themselves to rake their claws across me.
And in that very instant.

Whoosh—

“Kii—?!”

Han Yu-sung’s figure vanished in an instant.
A movement technique so seamless it was as if he had never existed in the first place.
The startled Librarians scrambled to locate Han Yu-sung, their eyes darting frantically about.
They didn’t need to search for long.

Crack!

“Kyeeeeek?!”

A Librarian’s arm shattered with a sickening sound.
Han Yu-sung’s fist, materializing from the creature’s right side, had pulverized the limb.
A single blow.
The Librarian’s eyes widened in shock.
But the surprises were far from over.

Crunch!

“Kyaaaaaaak?!”
“Kiiaaaak!”

A devastating punch tore through the Librarians’ knees with brutal force.
Once again, shattered bones from a single strike.
The Librarians’ bodies crumpled.
It was thanks to Mana Burst and the Bone Crusher’s effect.
A gauntlet specialized in shattering an opponent’s bones, yet possessing exceptional attack power.
Combined with the skill damage increase from the Trial’s Blessing.

‘The Librarians excel in attack power, but their defense is weak.’

How could skeletal, emaciated creatures possibly possess strong defenses?
When those factors aligned, this was the inevitable result.
Librarians crumpling with shattered bones from single strikes, while I pressed forward, ignoring them.
For the Lord of Knowledge, it was a devastating sight to behold.

“Kyiaaaaa!”
“Kiyaaaak!”

Successive Librarians emerged to block Han Yu-sung’s path.
But their efforts were futile. Han Yu-sung neutralized them with minimal movement, never pausing in his advance.
The sight was so intense that even the Lord of Knowledge forgot his rage.

[How is someone who just became a Player capable of such movements…?]

The Lord of Knowledge felt a profound sense of discord.
Novice Players were typically brimming with misplaced confidence.
I’ve become a Player. I am special. That kind of confidence.
Such confidence crumbles pathetically once they face real combat. Before a monster rushing to kill them, confidence means nothing.
But this Player, Han Yu-sung, was different.

[There’s no hesitation in his movements. He doesn’t fear combat.]

Like a Player who had weathered countless battles.
Even as the Librarians swarmed to block him, Han Yu-sung calmly identified escape routes and carved his own path through them.
There was no fear in those movements.
And above all, he was strong.

[He doesn’t falter against buffed Librarians.]

Numerous Librarians were pursuing Han Yu-sung.
At that scale, all the Librarians must have been granted powerful buffs.
This was beyond what a Player below level 10 could handle.
Yet Han Yu-sung was fighting the Librarians. Nearly as equals, no less.
The Lord of Knowledge recalled one possibility.

[A unique ability.]

There was no other way to explain fighting the Librarians on equal footing.
The exact nature remained unclear, but it had to be a unique ability of the strength-granting variety.
And a rather high-grade one at that.

[Combined with the experience this man possesses.]

One could tell by observing the combat closely.
Han Yu-sung’s physical capabilities were inferior to the Librarians’. He possessed only the minimum strength necessary to fight them.
He was compensating for that deficit with his own experience.

‘There’s nothing to fear.’

Han Yu-sung deflected the incoming claws and struck the Librarian’s solar plexus with devastating force.
The Librarian’s body doubled over from the impact.
He immediately seized both of the Librarian’s arms and impaled the pursuing Librarians with those very claws.
Screams erupted from the Librarians as Han Yu-sung bolted through the Library of Knowledge.
The reason I felt no fear from these creatures was simple.

‘Their attacks lack killing intent.’

It was because of the rules.
The rule that prevented them from killing Players.
Despite their grotesque appearance, they were holding back, making combat far easier than it should have been.
Han Yu-sung clicked his tongue.

‘Dull. Still, at least it makes the job simpler.’

[Unbelievable. At this rate… I won’t be able to stop that human.]

The Lord of Knowledge finally grasped the reality of the situation.
This human could not be stopped by Librarians bound by the rules. If I allow this to continue, he will escape the Library of Knowledge.
The Lord thought quickly.

‘Should I let that human escape?’

Losing an S-rank Skill Book was acceptable. A loss I could afford.
But allowing the truth of this Library to be revealed was not acceptable.
How many Coins had been invested in creating the Library of Knowledge? I hadn’t even recouped my initial investment yet.
Breaking the rules would be far cheaper than that.
And more than anything else….

[I covet him. I cannot resist coveting him.]

I coveted that human, Han Yu-sung.
I had recognized the potential of his unique ability.
My thirst for knowledge was receiving an intense stimulus.
What is that unique ability? What effect does it possess? What magnitude of potential does it hold? I must know.
I must know, and I cannot resist.
Therefore.

[The Lord of Knowledge alters the rules.]
[Rule: Librarians cannot kill the player. However, Han Yu-sung, who selected an S-rank skill book, is exempt from this rule.]
[The Head Librarian has begun moving to stop you.]

The Lord of Knowledge had decided to break the rules.
It would cost a considerable amount of coins, but it was a price worth paying.
If I let Han Yu-sung slip away even after this, I would suffer massive losses due to the ‘compensation penalty’.

[That won’t happen!]

Han Yu-sung clicked his tongue.

“I didn’t expect the rules could be broken so easily.”

The Star Lords possessed omnipotent power.
They could crush a human like Han Yu-sung as easily as breathing.
But the Lord of Knowledge could not do so.
Because they were bound by a certain constraint.

[The Star Lords must pay a price whenever they wish to directly intervene in worlds that have become trials or in challenges already opened.]
[The price varies depending on the degree of intervention.]

The price could take many forms.
The most common among them was ‘coins’.
The Star Lords used coins as payment when intervening in reality or challenges.
Since the lords were typically obsessed with coins, they rarely intervened directly in reality unless absolutely necessary.

‘If they’re intervening to break the rules, the price will be even higher.’

That was when the penalty called ‘compensation’ would be added.
Any ordinary player would have trembled at this situation.
How could one not tremble when a lord had decided to kill you?
Han Yu-sung trembled too.
Only for a slightly different reason.

‘My body trembles at the thought of the compensation I’ll receive.’

The Lord of Knowledge surely possesses ‘that object’.
It will be of great help.
With such thoughts, Han Yu-sung came to an abrupt halt while running through the Library. A Librarian blocked his path.
This one bore a different appearance from any Librarian I had encountered before.
The aura emanating from him was equally distinct.

“This one must be the Head Librarian.”
“Kiiiiiiiii….”

He was nothing like the Librarians I had seen until now.
His frame was massive, and muscle clung to what had once been a gaunt form.
Most of all, he radiated an intense murderous intent.
The intent to tear me apart on the spot.

[“Human. I wish to know you.”]
[“You will never escape this place.”]

“To think I’d hear such words from a Lord. Should I call it an honor?”

Crimson letters materialized before my eyes once more.
I felt confidence surge through me at those words. The Lord of Knowledge was absolutely certain that I could not defeat this Librarian.
The Han Yu-sung from moments ago would have agreed.

[At your current level, victory is impossible against such a formidable foe.]
[The effect of Godly Descent activates the buff, ‘Giant Killing’.]
[All stats +13, fist damage +30%, speed +25%.]

I clenched my fists and fixed my gaze upon the Head Librarian beyond.
He was on an entirely different level from any Librarian I had faced.
That’s what made him appealing.

“Now this is the kind of tension I needed.”
“Kiaaaaaaaaa!”

The Head Librarian roared and stomped the ground.
An incredible speed for such a massive frame. Yet not beyond my ability to follow. I calmly read his movements.
The distance closes. The Head Librarian draws his right arm back in a wide arc.
And as he extends those blade-like claws—

Screeeech!

Han Yu-sung twisted his body.
Claws raked across his chest as they passed.
Blood sprayed as wounds opened—he’d deflected the attack with minimal movement.
A feat impossible without perfectly reading every motion.
In the same instant, his fist cut through empty air.

Crack!

“Kyaaaagh?!”

As the mana-infused strike shattered the Head Librarian’s wrist, the sound of bone breaking echoed.
Unlike the other Librarians, it didn’t snap clean—but it was useless nonetheless.
Han Yu-sung activated the Shadowless Robe’s effect and surged forward.
Before him lay the Head Librarian’s exposed chest.

Boom!

“Hack…!”

A thunderous impact erupted from Han Yu-sung’s lightning-fast punch.
The mana-infused strike drove perfectly into the Head Librarian’s solar plexus. He doubled over in agony, his jaw naturally dropping.
Another fist followed, raking across his chin.
That was the end.

“Kh… heegh…”

The Head Librarian’s massive frame collapsed.
The exit he’d been blocking came into view.
Han Yu-sung almost continued his assault to finish him, but barely restrained himself.
Now wasn’t the time to end this creature.

“Kyaaaagh!”
“Keeeeeee!”
“Kiiiiii…!”

The Librarians rushed after him, but it was already too late.
Han Yu-sung hurled himself toward the exit.

“Lord of Knowledge. Prepare yourself for the price of breaking the rules.”

Beyond that threshold, I could see eyes widening in shock as they fixed upon me.
Han Yu-sung met that gaze and broke into a grin.

“By the way, I’m a man of considerable ambition.”

Eyes contorting with fury.
The sight was rather delightful, and Han Yu-sung burst into laughter.
In that same instant, his form was engulfed in light and vanished.
All that remained were the Librarians stripped of their purpose and the silence that had settled over the Library.

[Aaaaaaaah!]

Only the Lord of Knowledge, venting his anguish.

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