The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81 32. This Man Is Not Easy (4)

Lumian Calard’s previous life was stained with battles against the demon clan.

He killed, killed, and killed again. Whether low-level demons or high demons, he faced them all without discrimination.

Having slain one of the Four Demon Kings of the Demon Realm and ultimately delivering a fatal blow to the Demon King himself, there was probably no one in the world with more experience against demons than him.

‘A high demon!’

Because Lumian was such a person, he could immediately tell the moment he felt the vibration.

Malice, hatred, and some unknown trigger combined to tear open a dimensional rift. A being that should not emerge revealed itself in the human world.

He immediately drew up his aura.

Whooooom!

Flash!

In an instant, Lumian ascended to the 2nd floor of the building and surveyed his surroundings.

The naked people inside the cages and those outside enjoying alcohol and drugs while watching them had all lost consciousness and collapsed.

It was due to their life force being drained along with negative emotions. It wasn’t a big problem. Lumian nodded and this time looked toward Leiton Wino.

It seemed she was likely the cause of the summoning.

‘Her skin has turned dark red… She’s been contaminated by demonic energy for quite some time.’

Perhaps one of her ancestors was influenced by demons, and it was passed down through heredity.

Either way, that wasn’t important right now.

What Lumian needed to do now was quickly transport Leiton Wino to the Allia Order.

And then deal with the high demon that would soon reveal itself.

He looked up at the empty air with a hardened expression.

Hissssss-

Crack, crack!

The negative energy that had been in people’s hearts and the mana in the atmosphere swirled together like a whirlpool. Accordingly, the sound of breaking glass rang out, and cracks appeared in the air.

Clang!

Finally, a high demon burst through, breaking the dimensional wall.

Its entire body looked cold and sharp as if carved from ice.

It burst into laughter as if pleased.

“Kahahaha, you lowly…”

Thoom-

Crack!

“…Huh?”

However, the high demon couldn’t finish the words it wanted to say.

Lumian had kicked off the ground, flown straight at it, and struck its abdomen with his fist.

Of course, it wasn’t a simple punch. It was overlaid with perfected aura shaped like a cone.

The high demon was instantly split in two. The creature, with its upper and lower body separated, collapsed like a bug and couldn’t get up.

“A mere lackey acting up.”

Lumian spat out harsh words.

The situation was already depressing, and now a demon had appeared, making his mood even worse. He clicked his tongue and walked toward Leiton Wino.

An ordinary person would have felt nauseous from the demonic energy she was emitting, but Lumian was a Swordmaster, so it didn’t matter.

He lowered his posture to examine her.

Fortunately, her condition wasn’t too bad. A faint smile appeared on Lumian’s lips.

‘It’s not the worst situation. If the Allia Order performs a purification ritual, she’ll return to normal.’

The problem was that the process would take several years and the cost of the purification ritual was quite expensive, but it would be fine. Time couldn’t be helped, and as for money, she was a noble lady so she could afford it.

Having thought this far, Lumian straightened up.

He wanted to immediately carry Leiton on his back and head to the Order, but it wasn’t over yet.

Turning around, he spoke to the high demon that had somehow revived.

“You didn’t launch a surprise attack?”

“Such things are only done by insignificant creatures like you. Brat.”

“Brat?”

“Yes, brat. You had some skill, but now it’s over. Since I’ve revealed my true form, no matter how much you struggle, it’s useless. Hehehe.”

The high demon let out a laugh.

It was an unpleasant voice. Nevertheless, Lumian didn’t show it.

He wore a relaxed smile and asked a question.

“You’re brimming with confidence. Are you perhaps a demon realm noble?”

“You bastard! How dare you mock me!”

The high demon spat out an angry voice. From its body, which had grown even larger than when it first appeared, thorns burst out with a clang!

Accordingly, the temperature of the entire space dropped. It began introducing itself with a voice mixed with anger and confidence.

“Speaking of this body, among the countless demons of the demon realm, my outstanding abilities were recognized and I was assigned to the knight order of Lord ‘Duke Caracus of the Demon Realm’…”

The creature’s words flowed without hesitation. Despite being quite a long speech, it never stumbled even once.

It seemed to be a creature that bragged about itself a lot even normally.

It especially emphasized several times that it was under ‘Duke Caracus of the Demon Realm’ and that it was a member of the ‘Ice Hell Knight Order.’

It seemed to have tremendous pride in this.

“Therefore, three years ago, at a gathering where all members of the Ice Hell Knight Order were present, my achievements were once again recognized and my reputation spread far and wide…”

“Stop.”

Lumian said quietly.

In a normal situation, it would have been such a small voice that it would have been buried. It felt far from sufficient to interrupt the words of the high demon intoxicated with its own speech.

However, the creature stopped talking.

The reason was unknown.

That made it even more unpleasant.

“How dare a mere thing like you interrupt this body’s words?”

“Hmm.”

“It’s a sin that cannot be repaid even with death. I shall personally teach you the torture methods of the demon realm. This was taught by Knight Commander Jeriem, who is the right hand of Lord Duke Caracus… By the way, directly on your body… blah blah blah…”

Lumian no longer listened to the high demon’s words.

He had tried to listen to the end if possible, but it was too much now. The creature talked too much.

The temperature of the building was gradually dropping. He needed to eliminate the creature before the unconscious people’s bodies were harmed.

‘They’re people I don’t like, but still, life is precious…’

Lumian, who had been looking around, placed his hand on a table.

Gripping a knife used for cutting steak, he stood before the high demon.

The creature was still not stopping its mouth even then. Listening again, it was cursing at him.

“You bug-like bastard! How dare you do other things while this body is speaking…”

“Hey.”

Lumian interrupted his words once again.

This time the feeling was different. The high demon couldn’t even think that it felt bad and closed its mouth.

Lumian’s words continued.

“Do you know who killed that great Duke Caracus?”

“What? Suddenly what…”

Whiiiing!

It was before the ice demon’s answer was finished.

An aura sword over 3 meters long shot up from the knife Lumian was holding. It was naturally a perfected aura sword. The demon’s expression hardened at the killing intent colder than ice.

Its body was the same. Feeling the tremendous gap, it couldn’t take any action as if it had become a statue.

It could only blankly stare at the aura blade falling toward its head.

Slice-!

The aura was withdrawn. Lumian threw the dining knife toward the ice demon.

With a ting- sound, the crack gradually deepened. Unlike the first time when it was separated into upper and lower body, the creature that was split vertically from head to crotch collapsed to the floor with a thud.

And it disappeared, turning to dust.

Grab!

Lumian grasped the creature’s demonic stone in his hand.

He thought about delivering the line he had in mind, but stopped because it felt unnecessarily embarrassing.

It was his previous life’s self who had killed Duke Caracus.

That creature had been one of the Four Demon Kings of the Demon Realm.

Lumian, recalling that moment, smiled mockingly and thought.

‘Not even a grand duke, not even a grand duke’s right hand, just a common knight order member bragging…’

It felt strange to see a guy who couldn’t even present a business card in the Demon King’s Castle putting on all sorts of airs.

‘Of course, he’s not exactly weak though.’

At least his second form was stronger than an Incubus.

Probably an ordinary Expert wouldn’t be able to handle that guy.

Thinking about it that way, the current situation felt strange.

For such a strong entity to be summoned with just this level of malice.

It didn’t make sense.

‘If the Demon King were still around and demonic energy was overflowing into the human world, that would be one thing, but now is a peaceful era… How can high demons pop out so easily like this?’

Lumian’s expression darkened. Something didn’t feel right.

But his thoughts couldn’t continue any further.

Because the female knight from Rhodesia, Irene Curtis, finally appeared.

Lumian looked at her with an awkward smile.

“Um…”

“…”

“The demon was weaker than expected… you wouldn’t believe me if I said that, would you?”

“…Would you believe it if you were me?”

“I wouldn’t.”

“Haa… This is, really…”

Irene Curtis held her head in her hands. Beyond being dumbfounded, this situation was too hard to accept.

‘A high demon in an instant… caught?’

By a boy who’s only 15 years old?

It was an impossible thing.

Even the cliché expression of “breaking common sense” didn’t fit – it was literally impossible.

‘Moreover, the aura emanating from his second form… was at a level I’d never felt before.’

That was why Irene was late.

Was it really the right decision to rush in like a moth to a flame against a formidable enemy that even five knights of her level couldn’t guarantee victory against?

No matter how much she coveted Lumian Calard’s talent, wouldn’t that be wrong? Rather than obsessing over a situation that was already too late, wouldn’t it be better to take the students and run away?

But before that dilemma could end, the situation was over.

Literally in the blink of an eye.

‘What should I do.’

Lumian had his own complicated thoughts.

Until now, he hadn’t felt any particular resistance to revealing his power.

It was somewhat thrilling to receive women’s attention through this, and he thought there was no need to forcibly hide his strength when he hadn’t committed any crime.

However, after becoming a Sword Master, his thoughts changed.

No matter what, showing all his current abilities felt somewhat uncomfortable, and the current situation was unbearably burdensome.

“…”

“…”

Silence hung between the two.

Unless something new happened, it seemed like they would stand there forever.

Fortunately, the awkward situation didn’t last long.

Because students including Teoro and Tania came up afterward.

One fortunate thing was that they hadn’t properly sensed the aura of the revived demon.

The gap was so large that they couldn’t perceive it at all, and Lumian, somewhat noticing this, breathed a sigh of relief.

‘Let’s just get through this somehow.’

“What, everyone is…”

“Leiton Wino? Is that really Leiton? Her skin is…”

“Oh right. Leiton Wino, we need to take her to the Order quickly.”

“What? The Order?”

“She seems to be cursed by a demon. We need to perform a purification ritual.”

“A demon?”

Bumer asked back with a surprised face.

Lumian nodded. He was putting on a relaxed expression.

“It’s okay, the situation’s over. The professor helped so we could handle it easily.”

“Are, are you hurt anywhere?”

Tania asked with a pale face.

No matter how strong Lumian was at knight level, she couldn’t help but worry since he had faced a demon that she’d only heard about in theory classes.

Lumian smiled brightly at her.

He also gave a warm feeling through his aura image. It was his own consideration.

“I’m fine. Anyway, if we delay more there could be problems, so I’ll go quickly. See you later, senior.”

“Okay. You’re really alright, right?”

“Of course. Oh, Cal Krone. Sorry but…”

“I know what you mean. Leave the cleanup to me. I’ll hear the details from the professor.”

“Thanks. I’ll repay the debt.”

With those words, Lumian left.

It was a secret that he gave Irene Curtis a slight look before leaving.

“Professor, for now we’re going to say you were having a simple dinner with us when you sensed demonic energy and rushed over… Please give some simple testimony to the security force we’ll call later.”

“Huh? Oh yes, okay. That’s actually true anyway.”

Irene Curtis nodded.

She decided to appropriately hide what needed to be hidden as Lumian intended. For now.

‘…Nobody would believe it even if I told them anyway.’

She drew on her experience of fighting demons before to appropriately fabricate the situation.

Since Irene had somewhat shameless aspects, lying wasn’t difficult.

Of course, her expression being slightly stiff was unavoidable.

Thus the eventful tailing came to a safe end.

* * *

“Phew!”

Irene Curtis, who returned to her professor’s office, let out a big sigh.

It felt like her body was being sucked into the soft sofa. Her fatigue was that tremendous.

She hadn’t moved her body much, but what she saw and felt today was so incredible that it couldn’t be helped.

She quietly muttered.

“Should I just sleep… No… I still have things to do…”

Irene Curtis, cheering herself up, opened a drawer and took out a report.

It was a report about Lumian.

Actually, she had thought about sending it to the home country yesterday, but she was really glad she didn’t.

After staring at the report for a moment, she picked up a pen and crossed out several parts. It was to make corrections.

Scratch scratch-

Scratch- Scratch- Scratch scratch-

“No, this won’t work! Let’s just rewrite it!”

It was impossible. There weren’t just one or two places to correct.

Certainly when she completed this, she had thought ‘Isn’t the evaluation too generous?’ but not now.

She closed her eyes and recalled what had happened earlier.

A thrill ran through her. The afterglow still hadn’t faded.

‘He doesn’t seem like someone I can judge with my abilities, but anyway…’

Irene eventually crumpled up the report and completely burned it with her aura.

It was to write it completely anew.

She wrote down what she saw, heard, and felt in as much detail as possible.

Compared to before, it was much more full of praise. To the point where it seemed like listing the settings of a novel’s protagonist.

But there were no lies.

Even if she heard complaints like ‘Why did you write nothing but praise?’ it couldn’t be helped. What could she do when Lumian was truly that remarkable?

After reviewing it once more, she finished writing the report and sent it by mail to her home country of Rhodesia the next day.

Ten days later.

“Hmm….”

The highest knight of the Kingdom of Women, Rhodesia.

The report had arrived in the hands of Golden Dawn, Cynthia Ainsworth.

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