The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 198

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Chapter 198 76. Side Story 3 – Terrible Guys (1)

The new year had dawned. The Golden Generation members, including the married couple Lumian Calard and Tania Eloise, held a modest gathering. Unlike large-scale events such as weddings or first birthday parties, this was a party that had been happening for ten years now, just for family members to strengthen their bonds of friendship.

Since they were all extremely busy people, if they didn’t create occasions like this, it would be difficult to see each other’s faces even once a year. Unlike their Academy days when they stuck together every day, now they were all heads of households who had established their own families. Except for Cal Krone.

“You crazy bastard. Did I really do that back then?”

“Don’t you remember? Back then, there…”

“Ah, damn it! I remember! I remember, so stop it!”

However, despite their positions, the fathers’ words and actions were incredibly lighthearted.

Lumian, Teoro, Bumer, and Cal Krone exchanged playful words as if they had become 30 years younger, and giggled like boys. Even the women, who had been relatively dignified, were soon swept up in the flow and began bringing up enjoyable memories one by one.

Rather, it was a situation where the children were watching that scene with warm eyes.

But as alcohol began to flow, the atmosphere gradually became more heated. Lumian and Bumer were particularly bad. The two with flushed red faces began to have a verbal argument.

“What did you say, you bastard? Your grandchild is prettier?”

“That’s right! I’m not saying your grandchild is ugly, but still, she can’t compare to our grandchild.”

“What kind of nonsense is that! Are your eyes buttonholes? How dare you spout such nonsense…”

“Huh? Did you just grab my collar? Did you grab my collar?”

“If you don’t like it, you grab mine too… Ah, let go. Let go while I’m asking nicely.”

“You let go first.”

“Bullshit. You let go first…”

“No, you grabbed first so you let go first…”

“…You’re quite drunk.”

Loren Calard, who had been watching his father and father-in-law, turned his head toward his wife, Tara Selly, and spoke. She also shook her head and agreed with his words.

“That’s right. My father too, but… this is the first time I’ve seen Father drunk.”

“I’m seeing it for the first time too. They said it was alcohol personally brewed by the Goddess, so maybe that’s why?”

Loren’s words were correct. Lumian had transcended human limits more than 20 years ago. There was no way such a person would get drunk from drinking alcohol from the human realm. And the same was true for Bumer, who had achieved rapid growth since entering his forties.

But the alcohol gifted by Goddess Allia was special. Special enough to make two people with swordsmanship skills ranking in the top five in the human realm completely drunk.

“Still, I didn’t know they would get this drunk.”

“Hmm… it’s definitely severe. Even so, fighting over the same grandchild…”

Tara Selly smiled and lowered her gaze. Then she saw her irreplaceable child who had just started babbling.

This lovely being was the cause of the argument. Lumian Calard’s granddaughter, and also Bumer Simpson’s granddaughter. In the end, the two elders were having a pointless argument over the same child.

Phew, Loren sighed and stood up from his seat. He had been just watching, thinking they would stop after a bit, but it seemed like it wouldn’t end. The two were displaying all kinds of disgraceful behavior that drunk people could show. It seemed like he had to intervene.

But then, Tania Eloise firmly grabbed his shoulder.

“Mother?”

“Leave them be.”

“What? But…”

“I’m recording all of that with magic video, so stay still.”

“…”

“I’ll threaten to spread it across the continent whenever they don’t listen. Hehehe…”

Seeing his mother holding up a magic recording device with a sinister laugh unlike her usual self, Loren secretly sighed. She was also quite drunk.

And he didn’t have the power to stop the drunkards. Tara Selly comforted Loren Calard with a face that had given up on everything.

“Let’s just pretend we don’t know.”

“I guess we have to…”

– Ah, ah. Can you hear me?

Then, a booming voice echoed from high in the sky.

It wasn’t unfamiliar. Although it was a voice that ordinary humans, or even priests, would have difficulty hearing once in their lifetime, everyone present knew the identity of this voice.

Teoro Shutgarn, who was maintaining a relatively sound mental state, opened his mouth.

“Lady Allia?”

– Oh, yes. It’s been a while.

“Yes, it’s been a while. But why so suddenly?”

Cal Krone, who had been giggling while looking at the magic video next to Tania, spoke. Following his question, everyone gathered looked up at the sky with curious eyes. Allia enjoyed their reaction while pausing for a moment.

Of course, she couldn’t remain silent forever.

Shortly after, unexpected news flowed from the Goddess’s mouth.

– An ancient Demon King has been revived.

* * *

After Allia opened the conversation, Armiron the Archangel’s clear and transparent voice continued with more detailed explanations.

That in the distant past, there existed a demon with tremendous power.

That his power was so strong that the ordinary title of ‘Demon King’ couldn’t fully express the creature’s terror. That’s why the expression ‘Great Demon King’ first appeared at that time.

That fortunately, the Great Demon King suffered a major injury while training just before invading the human realm. To recover from this, he entered a seal himself, and his deeply loyal subordinates also chose to sleep with him.

“I can guess the rest without hearing it. You’re saying that Great Demon King has awakened from his seal?”

– That’s right.

Allia, who had been handling the explanation, responded to Teoro’s words. And she continued the conversation.

– Naturally, the awakened creature’s condition is at its peak. Whether he gained some enlightenment while sealed, his demonic energy has become much stronger too. Ah, the power he had before is incomparable to recent Demon Kings.

“And naturally, he’s targeting the human realm?”

– That’s right. If we leave him alone, he’ll try to tear a rift in the dimension and declare territory within a month.

“Understood. I’ll go and come back.”

Then.

Lumian Calard, who had been quietly listening to the story, nodded and spoke.

“I’ll finish it quietly without any trouble and return.”

Very calmly, like taking an apple out of his pocket, without even a change in his voice’s tone.

And that wasn’t even the end.

Teoro, Bumer, Cal Krone, and Tania Eloise looked at Lumian with bright eyes and asked.

“How is it?”

“How strong?”

“Worth fighting?”

“That guy, what’s his name. Sekaros? Compared to him? Focus your senses on the Demon Realm a bit.”

“Wait. Let me concentrate… Hmm, I can feel it. I think it’s this guy… He’s much weaker than Sekaros though.”

“Eh, what?”

“Still, he’s about half of Sekaros.”

“Ah, it’s a bit disappointing but still not bad.”

Middle-aged knights who seemed to look down on a being with the title of ‘Great Demon King’ who possessed tremendous power that even mighty Demon Kings wouldn’t dare challenge. It was a series of unrealistic conversations as if they were still drunk from the alcohol they had just consumed.

But that wasn’t the case. They had long since expelled the alcohol through their aura, and the five knights’ minds were crystal clear.

Even the Goddess and Archangel who announced the Great Demon King’s revival were looking down at them without a trace of tension.

“Good. Then let’s decide the order now.”

“What order?”

“We need to decide who will fight the Great Demon King. You’re not thinking we four will gang up on him, are you?”

“No, that’s not it. Naturally, I should do it. Wouldn’t it be a bit overwhelming for you cute juniors to handle?”

“What are you talking about…”

A slight commotion arose while planning the Great Demon King’s elimination. It wasn’t about how to efficiently succeed in the mission. The problem was deciding who would step forward first under the assumption of facing the Great Demon King one-on-one, and Teoro, Bumer, Cal Krone, and Tania, unable to narrow their differences of opinion, chose the first fighter through rock-paper-scissors. Lumian served as a fair referee.

And after everything was decided, there was someone who carefully poked his side.

It was Lumian’s son, Loren Calard.

“Um, Father…”

“Hmm? What?”

“By any chance, when you go to catch the Great Demon King this time… could I come along too…”

“Hmm.”

Although Lumian had maintained a light atmosphere throughout, this time he had no choice but to harden his facial expression.

He closed his eyes tightly and pondered deeply. And as if he wasn’t sure, he shook his head once and said.

“Show me your aura.”

“…Yes.”

Now it was Loren’s turn to become serious. Whoo, with a long breath, he composed himself and drew his sword from its sheath.

And he brought forth his aura sword with all his might. Then, surprisingly, a complete aura sword, not the incomplete one of a Sword Expert, flowed along the blade like a beam of light.

Whiiiiiing-!

It wasn’t just slightly covering the blade.

A considerably long, powerful and stable Aura Sword that only a skilled Swordmaster could display!

However, Loren’s expression showed not even a speck of confidence, and Lumian’s eyes, which were evaluating him, were utterly cold.

He said.

“No good. Going to the Demon Realm with just ordinary Swordmaster level skills would be difficult.”

“…I thought so.”

“Right. You need to train a bit more diligently. I understand you have a child now, but even so, you’re acting too lazily, which is why you can’t participate when such interesting events happen.”

“That’s right, Lumian is correct about this. And Tara, the same goes for you.”

“I’m sorry…”

“I’m sorry…”

The married couple Loren Calard and Tara Selly simultaneously bowed their heads with embarrassed expressions.

And a Young Dragon watching this from a step away asked a question to Semu, the oldest Dragon in the world.

“Lord Semu! Lord Semu!”

“What is it?”

“Um! As far as I know! Swordmasters are incredibly strong people!”

“That’s right.”

“And, and! Drawing out such a bright Aura Sword in one’s early to mid-twenties is incredibly difficult!”

“That’s also correct.”

“But why is such an amazing person getting scolded like that? Huh?”

“That’s right! The person scolding is mean!”

“Too much!”

The other two Young Dragons flapping their wings nearby also chimed in agreement.

Semu, who had been listening silently, shook his head weakly and said.

“Just don’t expect common sense from the humans gathered here.”

The next day, an expedition heading straight to the Demon Realm immediately set out.

The number of members wasn’t large. At most five people.

However, this expedition composed of Lumian Calard, Tania Eloise, Teoro Shutgarn, Bumer Simpson, and Karl Kronero possessed sufficient power to boast of being the strongest, greatest, and most fearsome in history.

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